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.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

We have a strict 'no a-hole policy' at SpaceX. And we fire people they are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they're fired.

I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the great problems of the Internet have essentially been solved.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

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.

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