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
below best engine looking looks might percent prefer
The way it's looking right now, our engine might be one percent below our specifications, but still be the best engine ever done. We prefer not to...but it looks like we may be one percent low.
best engine failures history numerous occurred program recently
To the best of my knowledge, every booster engine qualification program in history has had numerous failures of the kind that recently occurred with Merlin, so this is not unusual.
father engineering physics
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.
inspirational engineering problem
I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
engineering magic world
Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.
inspirational kids engineering
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games. Nothing like saving the world.
inspirational engineering cfo
The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
rumours
The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
earned five million revenue took
Our earned revenue will be $35 million after a little more than two years of operation. By comparison, the X-Prize was a one-off of $10 million, and it took Burt something like five years to do it.
approach chances
Our approach has been to take no chances whatsoever.
billion design jet mind planes took vertical
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.
concerns consistent ensure green happens launch level matter percent understanding
Consistent with our policy, we must be 100 percent green for launch with no outstanding concerns whatsoever. It is not just a matter of repairing the damage, but also understanding at a fundamental level how to ensure it never happens again.
developing sort
We're developing two engines. These are state-of-the-art, world-class, world-beating engines. These are not just sort of ho-hum engines.
confidence left shortcuts stone
I think I can say with confidence that we've left no stone unturned. We've made no shortcuts in development. We've done everything we can.