The Economist Ideas Economy: Innovation (Berkeley)
Interviewed by The Economist's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Musk explains SpaceX's long-term goal of making life multiplanetary through the lens of history. Only this 2.5-minute excerpt survives: the full interview was behind FORA.tv's paywall and is lost. The conference ran March 23–24, 2011; the exact day of Musk's session is uncertain.