Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential customers out there, I should mention that Kwajalein has some of the worlds best scuba diving and snorkeling! It is literally a tropical paradise.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

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

I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish.

Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating.