I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species. Thirty years from now, there'll be a base on the moon and on Mars, and people will be going back and forth on SpaceX rockets.

I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

There's a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.

Trying to read our DNA is like trying to understand software code - with only 90% of the code riddled with errors. It's very difficult in that case to understand and predict what that software code is going to do.

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.