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.

The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication.

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

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

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.