I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
Elon MuskMy motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
Elon MuskIf you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Elon MuskIf anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
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