The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable. Elon Musk americanbreakthroughcolony share on social
My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me. Elon Musk backgroundeconomicseducationally share on social
The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff. Elon Musk carboneconomicselementary Change image and share on social
Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement. Elon Musk bigbillionboe share on social
There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and I've got pretty much the nicest plane I'd want to have. Elon Musk buyhavenice Change image and share on social
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not. Elon Musk brightdayfuture Change image and share on social
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S. Elon Musk accomplishaheadculture Change image and share on social
I like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't want it to do. 'Autopilot' is a good thing to have in planes, and we should have it in cars. Elon Musk autopilotcardrive share on social
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. Elon Musk failfailureinnovate Change image and share on social
