2008 we had the third consecutive
failure
of the falcon rocket for SpaceX, Tesla
almost went bankrupt and i got divorced
that was like rough
man...
T minus 30 seconds....
when you had that third failure in a row
did you think i need to pack this in
never
why not
i don't ever give up
some of them are going to sound like
well you've heard it before but it's
worth re-emphasizing. Depending on how
well you want to do particularly if
you're starting a company you 
need to work super hard
work hard like i mean every waking hour
if other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks
and you're putting in 100 hour work weeks
you will achieve in four months 
what it takes them a year to achieve
Neil Armstrong,  Gene Cernan 
have both testified against
commercial space flight in the way that
you're developing it
you know those guys are heroes of mine
so it's really tough
you know i wish they would come and
visit
and see the hard work we are doing here
and i think that would change their mind
SpaceX Falcon heavy go for launch
Falcon heavy is configured for flight
now is the time to take risk
i would encourage you to take risks now, 
do something bold
i just think that 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
and if we're not out there
if the future does not include 
 being out there among the stars
and being a multi-planet species, 
i find that it's incredibly depressing
if that's not the future
that we're going to have
i don't ever give up
i mean i'd have to be dead 
or completely incapacitated
ten
nine
eight
six
five
four
three
two
one
they think that technology just
automatically improves
it does not automatically improve.
It only improves if a lot of people work
very hard to make it better
you see them both light up
that's unreal
hey.. this is.. i mean so much.. we're
18 years.. this has been 18 years to
finally fly people to orbit and back
and um i mean i really came here because
i just wanted to see 
Bob and Doug to be totally frank
like... thank goodness
you know i think this is something that
the whole world can take
some pleasure in and 
can really look at this
as an achievement of humanity
and this, you know, these are
difficult times when
you know there's not that much good news
and i think this is one of those things 
that is universally good
no matter where you are
on planet earth
this is a good thing and 
i hope it brightens your day
i want to be clear, i'm not trying 
to be anyone's savior
i'm just trying to think about the
future and not be sad
you
