In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business.

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

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to.

Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.

Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.