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It’s just mind-blowingly awesome. I apologize, and I wish I was more articulate, but it's hard to be articulate when your mind's blown - but in a very good way.

Elon Musk

SpaceX founder, regards the return of the Dragon capsule, the first time a privately developed spacecraft has been recovered safely on its return from low-Earth orbit. Reported by BBC news. 8 December 2010.

I’ve always wanted to be part of something that would radically change the world… . People forget the power of inspiration. All of humanity went to the moon with the Apollo missions. The issue was cost. There was no chance to build a base and create frequent flights. That’s the problem I would like to solve.

Elon Musk

SpaceX founder, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, 2-8 May 2011.

I realized that a methane-oxygen rocket engine could achieve a specific impulse greater than 380.

Elon Musk

SpaceX, 2 a.m. eureka! moment. It’s the physics/chemistry key to travel to Mars and return. Quoted in Fortune magazine, 9 December 2013.

You can just reload, propel it and fly again. This is extremely important for revolutionizing access to space because as long as we continue to throw away rockets and space crafts, we will never truly have access to space.

Elon Musk

SpaceX, revealing the 7 persoon Dragon V2 spacecraft, press reports 29 May 2014.

There’s a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.

Elon Musk

If anybody else said that It would be crazy talk. For the CEO of Paypal, Solar City, Tesla and Space X it would be just another project to work on. Instead, he bought Twitter. TV interview with Stephen Colbert, 24 July 2014.

#1 Don't Panic.
#2
#3 Safety.

Safety third. There’s not even a Rule Number Two. But even though there’s nothing in second place, safety is not getting promoted to number two.

Elon Musk

On his family rules, showing an understanding of the fallacy of ‘safety first’. Interview in Rolling Stone magazine 30 November 2017.

The fighter jet era has passed. Locally autonomous drone warfare is where the future will be.

Elon Musk

Comments to the audience at the AFA’s annual Air Warefare Symposium, 28 February 2020. Air & Space Forces magazine reported it this way,

“First came a moment of silence, then a rolling murmur. Reporters tweeted. Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, seated in the front row, sat up straight, then leaned in to hear what followed. The rumble died down.”

No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent.

Grimes (née Claire Boucher)

Explaining the A-12 aeroplane part of her son's name X Æ A-12 Musk. She tweeted:

•X, the unknown variable ⚔️`
•Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence)
•A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent 🤍
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(A=Archangel, my favorite song)
(⚔️🐁 metal rat)

Elon Musk quickly corrected the typo, the plane is the SR-71. 5 May 2020.


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