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We've got to get rid of the stuff on the space station somehow. So we do have a pretty significant capability to bring back stuff on SpaceX that you might not imagine.

People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has happened.

I do want to make something clear: SpaceX does have a lot of government business, but we execute in a commercial fashion.

Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

SpaceX is a flat organization. Anyone gets to talk to anyone, and the best idea wins - even if it comes from an intern.

We believe SpaceX will become the world leader in space transport, and we want our investors to be part of that future.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA.