Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Muskis a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer and inventor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 June 1971
CityPretoria, South Africa
CountryUnited States of America
chamber fail
We did have an ablative chamber fail during the Merlin qualification program.
samurai failing commit
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
heart thinking matter
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
cut few run
We're not going to cut and run if we have a few issues. We're not going to cut and run if we have a lot of issues. We're going to see this through.
almost case depending faster rockets straight turn until
Some rockets turn faster than others, depending upon the trajectory. In this case it is going to go almost straight up until it is out of sight.
anyone billion creating government means monopoly opposed realistic saving
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.
airplane building definitely entire expensive factory imagine integrated single split transport
is analogous to building part of an airplane in a factory and part of the airplane on the runway. You can imagine that's a pretty expensive way to split the construction so the fact that we can just do the entire integrated rocket, transport it as a single unit, that definitely reduces costs.
carefully comment early fuel further issue launch next provide require soon stage structural tank until
Launch is scrubbed until early next year,as there is a structural issue with the 1st stage fuel tank that will require repair. I will provide further comment as soon as this has been carefully analyzed.
happiness happy launch sign soon
that are happy to sign up as soon as they see a launch that works.
changing cycle energy moving
the Internet; changing the energy cycle from petroleum-based to solar-electric; and moving into space.
consider fact sign signing strongly
I know for a fact that there are more than a half-a-dozen customers...not that they will sign up but they'll strongly consider signing up and probably will sign up at some point, even if it's not immediately.
technology thinking cells
It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.
america three six-months
It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.
hate writing use
I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them.