Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.

Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.

Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

You have to ask yourself the question, do you have the smartest people in the world working for your company? And if you do, you're lucky. But if you don't, put up the incentive. And have someone who is absolutely brilliant who's a 22-year old in India who says what about this way? And who revolutionizes the way you do business.

Stuff goes wrong. Expect it, learn from it, fix it. That's how remarkable happens.

My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species.