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SpaceX's CFO, Bret Johnsen on Elon: "He does everything that he sets out to do." When he joined in 2011, people rolled their eyes at Mars talk. Now the only response is "what year?" The genius he describes: every audacious goal gets a real business model behind it. Reusable... show more

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Maye Musk Maye Musk on how Elon Elon Musk is special: "From the age of 3, he could reason with me. And then, once he could start reading, he could remember everything he read, encyclopedias. We called him 'my genius boy.' But you know, geniuses can be in a basement working genius things, but they don't have the ability to actually implement it. And he does, which is very special. Elon surprises us every time when he says he's going to do something. When he said to me, 'I'm going to put satellites in the air so that people who are in the forest, or on hills, or in the middle of the ocean can be saved, it will save lives,' and now, it's saving lives around the world."

Maye Musk Maye Musk on how Elon Elon Musk is special: "From the age of 3, he could reason with me. And then, once he could start reading, he could remember everything he read, encyclopedias. We called him 'my genius boy.' But you know, geniuses can be in a basement working genius things, but they don't have the ability to actually implement it. And he does, which is very special. Elon surprises us every time when he says he's going to do something. When he said to me, 'I'm going to put satellites in the air so that people who are in the forest, or on hills, or in the middle of the ocean can be saved, it will save lives,' and now, it's saving lives around the world."

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"He is hilarious, actually." Gwynne Shotwell is second on the SpaceX org chart—behind only CEO and founder Elon Musk—helping lead what is now the world’s most valuable private company. A veteran of nearly 40 years in aerospace, she serves as SpaceX’s president and COO and is one of the industry’s top figures. “I love working for Elon,” Shotwell told TIME in an interview. “He’s really quite funny. He has said many times that he would like to die on Mars, just not on impact. He also refers to Mars as a fixer-upper planet.” Though, Shotwell said SpaceX is shifting its focus from Mars to the Moon, with plans to build infrastructure there within the next decade, as the company works to meet a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028 in SpaceX's spaceship. Take a look inside Musk’s production:

"He is hilarious, actually." Gwynne Shotwell is second on the SpaceX org chart—behind only CEO and founder Elon Musk—helping lead what is now the world’s most valuable private company. A veteran of nearly 40 years in aerospace, she serves as SpaceX’s president and COO and is one of the industry’s top figures. “I love working for Elon,” Shotwell told TIME in an interview. “He’s really quite funny. He has said many times that he would like to die on Mars, just not on impact. He also refers to Mars as a fixer-upper planet.” Though, Shotwell said SpaceX is shifting its focus from Mars to the Moon, with plans to build infrastructure there within the next decade, as the company works to meet a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028 in SpaceX's spaceship. Take a look inside Musk’s production:

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167,027 views • 2 months ago

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44,106 views • 24 days ago

🇺🇸 Elon: My real goal is expanding consciousness beyond Earth He sees civilization as fragile, and everything he builds is meant to give it a better shot at surviving. "The overall goal of my companies is to maximize the future of civilization. Basically, maximize the probability that civilization has a great future. And to expand consciousness beyond Earth. SpaceX is about advancing rocket technology to the point where we can extend life and consciousness beyond Earth." Source: Reuters, Elon Musk, SpaceX

🇺🇸 Elon: My real goal is expanding consciousness beyond Earth He sees civilization as fragile, and everything he builds is meant to give it a better shot at surviving. "The overall goal of my companies is to maximize the future of civilization. Basically, maximize the probability that civilization has a great future. And to expand consciousness beyond Earth. SpaceX is about advancing rocket technology to the point where we can extend life and consciousness beyond Earth." Source: Reuters, Elon Musk, SpaceX

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33,379 views • 7 months ago