🚨NEW: Elon Musk on the importance of dreaming of Mars and setting aspirational goals for humanity "The thing that I hope to be able to do one day is take humanity Mars. We haven't done that yet but if America stays strong, that's what will happen. We'll send people to Mars and make it so that anyone who wants to move to mars can. We'll plant the American flag on Mars and it'll be Mars America. It'll be cool. Just like the Moon. Sometimes people wonder 'Should we put resources on this, is it worth while?' I think it is. There have to be things in the future that you look forward to. That inspire you. That inspire your kids. Going out there and being a space faring civilization, exploring new worlds, is exciting and inspiring. You can tell it is by just asking kids. Ask them what they're excited about, and they'll tell you. They don't have a filter. They'll just tell you straight up what's exciting to them. Life can't just be about solving one miserable problem after another. There have to be things that make you want to wake up in the morning. Building a city on Mars and ultimately going to other star systems is one of those things."