If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars -… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it's gone. I think we should establish life… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
