I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.
What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.
It is theoretically possible to warp spacetime itself, so you're not actually moving faster than the speed of light, but it's actually space that's moving.
Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.
Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.
You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.
I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.
Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.
