“We got to the moon, but have never done anything better since. I'm disappointed that we have not made more progress since Apollo. I don't even see a plan that says we're going to do better than Apollo to exceed that goal.”

— Elon Musk

Source: Conversation: Elon Musk on Wired Science (2007)

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