I Realized That A Methane-oxygen Rocket Engine

It Was Obvious To Me That We Could Never Colonize Mars Without Reusability, Any More Than America Would Have Been Colonized If They Had To Burn The Ships After Every Trip.

Talent Is Extremely Important. It's Like A Sports Team, The Team That Has The Best Individual Player Will Often Win, But Then There’s A Multiplier From How Those Players Work Together And The Strategy They Employ.

Boeing Just Took $20 Billion And 10 Years To Improve The Efficiency Of Their Planes By 10 Percent. That's Pretty Lame. I Have A Design In Mind For A Vertical Liftoff Supersonic Jet That Would Be A Really Big Improvement.

The Only Reason I Was Able To Accomplish Things Is The Great People Willing To Work With Me. A Company Is A Group Of People Organized To Create A Product Or Service, And That Product Or Service Is Only As Good As The People In The Company - And How Excited They Are About Creating It. I Do Want To Recognize A Ton Of Super-talented People. Without Them, I Would Have Accomplished Very Little. I Just Happen To Be The Face Of The Companies.

When I Was In College, I Wanted To Be Involved In Things That Would Change The World.