In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization.

We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.

I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

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.

I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.