Don't be afraid of new arenas.

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

Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

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.

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.