I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact. Elon Musk More Quotes by Elon Musk More Quotes From Elon Musk 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. Elon Musk spaceresponsibilitykids The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight majority in the long term. Elon Musk energylongmean 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. Elon Musk marsvisionimportant Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It's hard to break into a network once it's formed. Elon Musk effectshardbreak We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day. Elon Musk fusionenergysky The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative. Elon Musk smartpeoplethinking I always see what’s... wrong. Would you want that? When I see a car or a rocket or spacecraft, I only see what’s wrong. I never see what’s right. It’s not a recipe for happiness. Elon Musk rocketscarwant It is despairing to consider that the cost and reliability of access to space have barely changed since the Apollo era over three decades ago. Yet in virtually every other field of technology, we have made great strides in reducing cost and increasing capability. Elon Musk technologythreespace If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman. Elon Musk agepeoplethinking My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment - my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me. Elon Musk engineeringphysicsfather My family fears that the Russians will assassinate me. Elon Musk my-family Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius. Elon Musk crushinspirationalmean To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it's gone. I think we should establish life on another planet-Mars in particular-but we 're not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that happen. Elon Musk progressmoonthinking A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage. Elon Musk priusgasolinecar In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. Elon Musk spacecivilizationorder People will buy the car just because it's a great car. We want them to think it's excellent value for money and then, oh yeah, it happens to be electric. Elon Musk carpeoplethinking Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you. Elon Musk houselongthinking Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. Elon Musk valleystechnologypeople My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars. Elon Musk caropinionbridges If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive. Elon Musk phonestechnologythinking
