We Need Affordable Space Travel To Inspire

I Believe That Research, That You Can Claim That You're Doing Research Only If Half Of The People, And I'm Talking About Half Of The Experts, Believe That The Goal Is Impossible.

Our Goal Is To Show That You Can Develop A Robust, Safe Manned Space Program And Do It At An Extremely Low Cost.

A Nasa Astronaut And A Russian Cosmonaut Can't Be Creative. He Has To Follow A Predetermined Detailed Checklist Written By An Engineer And If He Gets A Little Creative He'll Never Fly Again.

By 1931, After A Few Years' Experience Of Flying Scheduled Airlines, Those Planes Were Operating At Roughly 600 Times The Safety Of The Space Shuttle. I Look At Safety Not In Terms Of Fatalities Per Passenger-mile, But When You Get In And Close The Door, What Is The Risk Of Dying On This Flight?

When Theres Ever A Breakthrough, A True Breakthrough, You Can Go Back And Find A Time Period When The Consensus Was 'well, Thats Nonsense!', So What That Means Is That A True Creative Researcher Has To Have Confidence In Nonsense.