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My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
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Aerospace Engineer
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Pretoria
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It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.
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My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.
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It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.
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I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.
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In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like Foxconn. We don't have that in the rocket business. There's no Foxconn in the rocket business.
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I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.
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You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.
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You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.
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Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.
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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold
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I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
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America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.
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When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.
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I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
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So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that area would typically generate more power than that nuclear power plant.
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Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
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The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.
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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.
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I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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