Maye Musk: Elon really wants to live on Mars in the coming decades

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Elon Musk's next few decades may look as eventful as his past few decades building Tesla ( TSLA ), SpaceX ( SPCX ), X, the Boring Company, Neuralink, and PayPal ( PYPL ).

Or so says his supermodel mom, Maye Musk.

"I think he really would like to live in the city of Mars," Maye Musk said on the Power Players with Brian Sozzi podcast (see video above or listen below). "That's what he's saying. But, you know, I can't say what's going on in his mind because he comes up with these amazing thoughts. When he said to me, 'I'm going to send satellites into space,' and I said why, … he said, 'If you're stuck in the middle of an ocean or in the middle of a forest or on top of a hill and you are injured and you can't contact anyone, then you will die.' So he wants to prevent this."

In her new memoir, "Timeless: The Art of Reinvention and Resilience at Any Age," Musk offers a candid look into the personal hardships and career pivots from dietitian to world-renowned model that have shaped her life's journey.

The book details her experiences navigating financial instability in the wake of fleeing from an abusive marriage to Errol Musk, raising ambitious children in Elon, Kimball , and Tosca, and continually redefining her brand late in life.

Musk began her modeling career at age 15 in South Africa, balancing print campaigns with her studies to earn two master's degrees in dietetics and nutritional science. After leaving Errol Musk, she raised her three children as a working single mother while building a private nutrition practice.

Rather than fading with age, Musk's modeling career exploded into global prominence after she turned 60 when she embraced her natural silver hair.

She went on to shatter industry age barriers by becoming a CoverGirl ambassador at age 69 and gracing the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at 74.

Musk contended that the public often doesn't understand Elon — a natural response from a mom, of course. She frequently takes to X to defend him.

"If you did have one [a kid] and somebody's insulting them when they're doing good, you would come down on them like crazy," Musk said. "I try to be as nice as I can, but you don't insult my kids."

Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor, host of the Power Players with Brian Sozzi podcast, and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi , Instagram , and LinkedIn . Tips on stories? Email brian.sozzi@yahoofinance.com.