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" Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention. "

Peter Diamandis

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" The communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space. "

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" Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday. "

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" By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty. "

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" It used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and classify and catalog them relatively easily. But now, with a new generation of robotic telescopes scanning the skies constantly and producing millions of images, that's become next to impossible. "

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" I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. "

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" Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big. "

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" Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them. "

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" Even a small village in the middle of Africa with a 3D printer will have access to any good it can download. The world of the 'Star Trek' replicator is not far away. "

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" Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology: It's about the regulatory hurdles that will try and stop you. "

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" Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms. "

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" If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna. "

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" Revealing water in significant quantities on the Moon could truly be a turning point in space exploration. "

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" We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing. "

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" There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job - they work to put food on the table and get insurance to survive. So, what happens when technology can do all that work for us and allow us to actually do what we enjoy with our time? "

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" If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes. "

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" If you have a fear of flying, don't. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane. "

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" I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways. "

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" As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth. "

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" In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off! "

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" There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth. "

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" We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet. "

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" With sufficient water on the Moon, solar energy can be used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is, of course, critical for humans to breathe and the water important for us to drink. "

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" Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child. "

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