If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
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Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
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If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.
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We could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that's super safe and quiet? Beca...
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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
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Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
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Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simpl...
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Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.
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In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.
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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.
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My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don...
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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.
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You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on...
