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" There is nothing like visiting a facility to get a sense of how companies work. "

Steve Jurvetson

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" Generally speaking, if you control matter more precisely, you can get more efficiency out of any process. "

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" Statistical physics or Newtonian physics gives way to quantum physics. Very unusual properties of matter emerge at that scale, and you can think about building products in a very different way. You can think about interfacing to biology in a very different way. "

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" I love photography. I love rockets. "

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