Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

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

I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.