You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.
We could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that's super safe and quiet? Because if it's a howler, you're going to make people very unhappy.
My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there.
You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.
I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do.
I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.
Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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.
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.
I've actually not read any books on time management.
In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business.
Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.