Mars Quotes

We are not shooting for the moon. We are shooting for Mars. A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle.

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

If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable.

Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.

Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than earth. Really, the ad for going to Mars would be like Shackleton's ad for going to the Antarctic: "It's gonna be hard. There's a good chance of death, going in a little can through deep space. You might land successfully. Once you land successfully, you'll be working nonstop to build the base."

If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep their streets and colonies clean.

It takes Rs. 10 per kms in Ahmedabad by auto- rickshaw, but it took us only Rs. 7 per kms to reach Mars.