Today, Philanthropy Is A Very Unsophisticated, Old

The Idea Of A Young Thin Woman Who Weighs 100 Pounds Driving Herself Around In A 4,000 Pound Suv Is Laughable.

Small Teams Driven By Their Passion With A Clear Focus Can Do Extraordinary Things. Things That Only Large Corporations And Governments Could Do In The Past.

Nasa Calls Stuff Nominal Instead Of Phenomenal, Like It Really Is. So I Have Given Up That There Is Going To Be A Balance And Nasa Is Going To Do Certain Things And We Are Finally In A State Of Existence Where Small Groups Of Individuals Can Do Extraordinary Things, Funded By Single People.

I Founded A Launch Company Called International Microspace When I Graduated Medical School In 1989. We Were Trying To Build A Microsatellite Launcher.

The Question Companies Have To Ask, Or Governments Have To Ask Is, Where Do We Allow Crazy Ideas To Bubble Up? Because If There Is A Failure, What Happens? Someone Gets Blame. There's A Lawsuit, There's A Congressional Investigation. And So, Those Things Shut Down The Creative Engine.