Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significa...
I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
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...
If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.
I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email.
I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Googl...
I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.
I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.
I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
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.
Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.
Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.
Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.
The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.
It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run ou...
You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.