“It’s so insane the way rockets work today. It would be like if you got a plane and the way you get to your destination is you bail out with a parachute over the city in question and your plane crash lands somewhere. That’s how rockets work today—with the exception of Falcon 9. This is completely bonkers.”

—  Elon Musk

TIME Magazine, 12 July 2019, https://time.com/5628572/elon-musk-moon-landing/

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