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“History is written by the victors … except on Wikipedia haha.”

Elon Musk

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History

“SpaceX's got 5,000 people. I get a lot of attention, but they are really doing the work.”

Elon Musk

SpaceX Dragon Headed to the ISS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz60GcmKOvc at NASA Post-Launch News Conference (April 8, 2016)

People

“We're adding a triple sign-off for all work done on the launch pad, on flight components, and flight critical GSE. You have a technician, a responsible engineer, and then quality assurance will sign the final, record all information, and take photographs of all the work that was done, and then make sure that all information is put into our quality assurance database, which is reviewed prior to launch.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

“Everything works in PowerPoint; but if you have the physical item or some demonstration software, that's much more convincing to people than a PowerPoint presentation or a business plan.”

Elon Musk

Colonizing Mars The Future Belongs to SpaceX and Elon Musk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUuJKC3miLc (Jan 23, 2015)

People , Business

“In terms of the Internet, it's like humanity acquiring a collective nervous system. Whereas previously we were more like a… collection of cells that communicated by diffusion. With the advent of the Internet, it was suddenly like we got a nervous system. It's a hugely impactful thing.”

Elon Musk

[Mann, Adam, Video: Wired’s Interview with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/04/elon-musk-hangout/, 18 August 2012, Wired, 26 April 2012]

Communication

“I like to be involved in things that change the world. The Internet did, and space will probably be more responsible for changing the world than anything else. If humanity can expand beyond the Earth, obviously that's where the future is.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

World , Change , Future

“A good sign as to whether there is free speech is, "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like?"”

Elon Musk

Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_elon_musk_talks_twitter_tesla_and_how_his_brain_works_live_at_ted2022, April 14, 2022 (at 19:39)

“Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried to acquire a social media company!”

Elon Musk

2022

“Holy flying fuck, that thing took off!”

Elon Musk

Reaction to Falcon Heavy Launch[Video: Behind-the-Scenes: See How Elon Musk Celebrated the Falcon Heavy Launch, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4dnvBytLA]

Flying

“We need to figure out how to have the things we love, and not destroy the world.”

Elon Musk

[Driving With Elon Musk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSNXhHTLLIk, 26 March 2012]

Love , World

“Rocket engineering is not like ditch digging. With ditch digging you can get 100 people and dig a ditch, and you will dig it a hundred times as faster if you get 100 people versus one. With rockets, you have to solve the problem of a particular level of difficulty; one person who can solve the problem is worth an infinite number of people who can’t.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

People , Problem , Time , Personality

“I’m nauseatingly pro-American. It is where great things are possible.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

“So even if a fire develops, it can't really attack the particularly vulnerable locations like the pneumatic system or the avionics or the engine bay. We want to be in the situation that even if a fire develops, the rocket just keeps going.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

“I don’t have an issue with serving in the military per se, but serving in the South African army suppressing black people just didn’t seem like a really good way to spend time.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

People , Way , Time

“The long term ultimate objective – the holy grail – is we would like to help make life multi-planetary.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

Life , Help

“The answer was we thought it could be done.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

“Well, I have tried to learn as much as possible from prior attempts.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

Learning

“I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.”

Elon Musk

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Thinking , Light , Future

“Guardian is the most insufferable newspaper on planet Earth.”

Elon Musk

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/07/tesla-chief-elon-musk-smokes-marijuana-on-live-web-show e-mail to Guardian

“Although I am new in the business, my team is not. I would say that, person for person, there has never been a better rocket company in existence, in history. I don’t think there has ever been a group this talented in one place, in one company, developing a rocket – ever.
If you have millions of dollars it changes your lifestyle, and anyone who says differently is talking ########. I don’t need to work, from a standard of living point of view, but I do, you know. I work every day and on weekends and I haven’t taken a vacation for years.”

Elon Musk

Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

History , Business , Thinking , Change