I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?

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

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

The first trillionaire can be made 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.

The paradigm I want to change is that, you can have a car that is beautiful, manufacturable, affordable, safe, fast, and oh, by the way, does 100 mpg, or its energy equivalent. Why wouldn't you?

Space is not a two-year objective. It used to be, in the early '60's, we had this eye candy of Mercury and Gemini and Apollo and every year we would do something more and more and it met those needs. But the easy stuff has been done.