SpaceX

“SpaceX, I believe, was conceived as the Green Mars Oasis Project, where the idea was it's a very Los Angeles idea we're gonna go buy a bunch of rockets from the Russians, and we're gonna try to launch a bunch of stuff onto Mars, and we're gonna take a photo of…”

“You know, the NASA brand remains one of the top brands in the world, and frankly, SpaceX added to that. They didn't subtract to it, and so for me, it has increased it”

“SpaceX and the Starlink team have been nothing but collaborative. They went and faced the astrophysics community. They're actively Darkening their bodies, right? Kind of their spacecraft.”

“I mean, today, the manned space flight is a reality TV show. And in fact, the cutting edge of manned space flight is space tourism. That's what Blue Origin and SpaceX and others are gearing up for, and there's just no reason to take a fragile human up there.”

“When Elon Musk was planning what became SpaceX, his friends held a literal AA style intervention that said, you cannot start a rocket company. This is the worst idea. You will lose all your money.”

“Now, that said, SpaceX, I have no issue with. I think SpaceX is an extraordinary company. I think it's an incredibly important American company. I think without it, we would be at a massive disadvantage. I think it is truly a national treasure run by Gwen Shot…”