The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.

A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

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.

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.

I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

That's my lesson for taking a vacation: vacation will kill you.