Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Space Exploration Quotes
HumorInnovationPlayfulnessSpace Exploration On one of the SpaceX flights, we had a secret payload: a wheel of cheese. We flew to orbit and brought it back, so it was the world's first 'space cheese.' It was, in part, a tribute to Monty Python.
EconomicsGovernment RoleLeadershipRisk ManagementSpace Exploration If you're going to lead a space frontier, it has to be government; it'll never be private enterprise. Because the space frontier is dangerous, and it's expensive, and it has unquantified risks. And under those conditions, you cannot establish a capital-market evaluation of that enterprise. You can't get investors.
CommercializationEmerging TechnologiesInnovationProgressSpace Exploration I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.
EnergySpace ExplorationUnlimited Resources There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next source of energy. The universe has an unlimited source of energy.
InnovationResponsibilitySpace ExplorationSurvivalUrgency It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.
AchievabilityAmbitionSpace Exploration Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.
EconomicsFutureInnovationPrivate SectorSpace Exploration The first colony on Mars is not going to be built by a private company. How are you going to make money? You're not.
FutureHumanityInspirationPurposeSpace Exploration There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.
AchievementsInnovationMedical AdvancementsSpace ExplorationTechnology NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.
Space Exploration You need to live in a dome initially, but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet.
CultureEnthusiasmInnovationPublic PerceptionSpace Exploration I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody gets excited about launches, that nobody cares anymore except people in the industry. I don't believe that for a minute.
Cost EfficiencyInnovationPioneeringReusabilitySpace Exploration The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable.
AmbitionSpace ExplorationSustainabilityTechnological ProgressVision 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 significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.
CourageLegacyPatriotismServiceSpace Exploration John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.
International CollaborationNational AchievementProgress and CompetitionSpace ExplorationTechnological Advancement If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress of other nations - as was the case with NASA, the Apollo program, and the project that became the International Space Station.
HumorOceanic EnvironmentSatellitesSpace ExplorationTechnology The Pacific is the best toilet for satellites.
AmbitionHuman AchievementInnovationLeadershipSpace Exploration If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.
Cognitive BiasesHuman BehaviorPerceptionSkepticismSpace Exploration Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen.
FocusMulti-planet CivilizationSpace Exploration If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.
EconomicsFuture TechnologyInnovationSpace ExplorationWealth The first trillionaire in the world will be the person who mines asteroids.
AccessibilityAspirationInnovationSpace Exploration What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone.
InnovationSelf-SufficiencySpace ExplorationSustainability 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.
InnovationInterdependenceProgressSpace Exploration The pace of progress on Mars depends upon the pace of progress of SpaceX.
AstronomyFuture PlanningSafety and PreparednessSpace ExplorationTechnology and Innovation Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag their ears so they're always broadcasting to us their location. In case one of their trajectories head straight for us, we'll know well in advance to do something about it.
ExpansionExtinctionFutureSpace Exploration The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event.
Design and MiniaturizationHistorical PerspectiveInnovationSpace ExplorationTechnology Evolution The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.