Elon Musk at SXSW: "I Would Like to Die on Mars, Just Not on Impact"

AUSTIN — The most popular name on Twitter during day two of South by Southwest was Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX

During his keynote address at the conference, Musk said he would one day like to set foot on Mars, but only if he knew his company could carry on without him and the technology could get him there safely

The old joke, Musk told NowThisNews, was that he would like to die on Mars, just not on impact.

Musk also said he hopes contact with life from another planet would come some day, and that it will be peaceful.

"So far we haven't seen any signs of life from other worlds," he said. "We haven't detected anything. Hopefully we do, and hopefully it's not a warship coming towards us."