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

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

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.

The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

You shouldn't do things differently just because they're different. They need to be... better.

You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.