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THE MUSK OF ELON

Elon Musk (born 1971) is that eccentric tech genius who wants to make electric cars universal via his company Tesla Motors, and make space travel common via his company SpaceX. He says some pretty eccentric things, too.

“I need to find a girlfriend. That’s why I need to carve out just a little more time. How much time does a woman want a week? Maybe 10 hours?”

“We’re trying to have the non-weird future get here as fast as possible.”

“WHY SHOULD COMPANIES EXIST AT ALL?”

“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.’ ”

“You can tell it’s real because it looks so fake.”
—on SpaceX launch footage

“I’ve been to Disneyland, like, ten times. I’m getting really tired of Disneyland.”

“The rumor that I’m building a spaceship to get back to my home planet Mars is totally untrue.”

“If there was a way that I could not eat, so I could work more, I would not eat. I wish there was a way to get nutrients without sitting down for a meal.”

“A ceiling is simply a floor from below.”

“I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.”