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" Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating. "

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" 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. "

" I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens. "

" I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?' "

" It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today. "

" I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do. "

" Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. "

" In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business. "

" I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration. "

" 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. "

" If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure. "

" America is the spirit of human exploration distilled. "

" Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done. "

" Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. "

" Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence. "

" Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business. "

" Any product that needs a manual to work is broken. "

" I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point. "

" If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation. "

" In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution. "

" Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson. "

" The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced. "

" I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid. "

" I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. "

" If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. "

" The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX. "

" There have only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent of mammals and consciousness. "

" Life is too short for long-term grudges. "

Life Is Too Short

" The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries. "

" The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed by the Egyptians, the Romans, China. We're obviously in a very upward cycle right now, and hopefully that remains the case. But it may not. "

" If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think. "