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The 16 wildest things Elon Musk has said he believes (TSLA)

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has an interesting way of looking at both the world and the universe.

On Thursday, Musk tweeted, "Nuke Mars," repeating a sentiment he expressed on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" in 2015. At the time, Musk said hitting Mars with thermonuclear weapons could warm the planet.

Below are 16 of Musk's craziest views on everything from Mars to artificial intelligence.

Danielle Muoio contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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Musk has said he wants to begin sending humans to Mars by 2024.AP

"We're establishing cargo flights to Mars that people can count on," he said in June 2016. "The Earth-Mars orbital rendezvous is only every 26 months, so there'll be one in 2018; there will be another one in 2020. And I think if things go according to plan, we should be able to launch people probably in 2024 with the arrival in 2025."

Musk reiterated this timeline in 2017, though he did not meet his timeline to send a cargo flight to Mars in 2018.



He has even shared his vision for a Martian government.Asa Mathat | D: All Things Digital

"I think most likely the form of government of Mars would be a direct democracy, not representative," he said during the Code conference in 2016. "So it would be people voting directly on issues. And I think that's probably better because the potential for democracy is substantially diminished."



And he isn't merely interested in people surviving on Mars. He wants a thriving city to exist.Associated Press

Musk said in a 2016 Reddit AMA that he wanted the red planet to include everything from "iron foundries to pizza joints."



But Musk also said anyone who goes on the first journey to Mars should be "prepared to die."SpaceX/YouTube

"The first journey to Mars is going to be really very dangerous," he said in 2016. "The risk of fatality will be high. There's just no way around it."



And he's said hitting Mars with thermonuclear weapons could warm the planet and create the equivalent of two suns over the planet's poles.AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool

On Thursday, Musk tweeted, "Nuke Mars," and suggested he would make a t-shirt with the phrase.



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