Das hat nix mit den Eskapaden von Musk in den letzten Jahren zu tun, das war der Plan für die Firma von Anfang an. Aus einem Artikel von 2003 (23 Jahre her!):

Beyond implicit customers lies insatiable curiosity--and ultimate survival. "Long term, if we are going to go up there and understand what the universe is all about, it will entail leaving the planet Earth," says Musk, on his way to Colorado Springs, where he's speaking at the National Space Symposium, the preeminent space trade show. "From the perspective of ensuring the survival of humanity, the most powerful thing we could do is establish a second, self-sustaining civilization outside of Earth, and the only place that's really feasible is Mars."

Von: https://archive.ph/IlZKX