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

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

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.

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

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.

There's a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.

So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that area would typically generate more power than that nuclear power plant.