Just A Matter Of Time' Before Event That Led To Extinction Of Dinosaurs Hits Us Mammal
Tesla Inc TSLA+ Free AlertsCEO Elon Musk struck an ominous note on Twitter
Monday as he touched upon a mass extinction event that brought to an end the Cretaceous period.
Musk said what hastened the demise of the dinosaurs and led to the proliferation of mammals on the planets could happen again.
The entrepreneur shared a BBC article in his tweet with the comments, “This will happen again – just a matter of time.”
The article shared by Musk talked about the rise of mammals after dinosaurs were decimated by a six-mile wide (10 km
asteroid that hit present-day Mexico with a force of more than a billion nuclear bombs.
Musk is a proponent of settlement on Mars in order to extend the “probable lifespan” of humanity.
“I think we've really just got this little candle of consciousness like a small light in the void and we don't want that small candle in a vast darkness to be put out.”
More recently, he said, “Mars may be a fixer-upper of a planet, but it has great potential.”
More recently, he said, “Mars may be a fixer-upper of a planet, but it has great potential.”