American - Businesswoman | November 23, 1963 -
SpaceX is a flat organization. Anyone gets to talk to anyone, and the best idea wins - even if it comes from an intern.
Gwynne Shotwell
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I saw what government programs were and how they were executed. In some cases, they were executed beautifully, but in others, there was tremendous waste.
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I remember in third grade, I asked my mom, 'How does an engine work?' So my mom bought me a book.
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For whatever reason, college was just not a huge focus for me. I wasn't planning ahead. I just didn't think about it too much.
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There was a lot of risk taken in the Mercury and Apollo eras, and we don't take those risks anymore. We've designed the systems to eliminate risk, which makes it take forever and cost too much money.
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From my perspective, it's really risk management to ensure that humans have the ability to go somewhere else in case there were to be some huge disaster on Earth.
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I don't like to camp. Early on, Mars is going to be camping. I think there are people far better suited to do that than me. But when the first Holiday Inn Express shows up, maybe I'll go.
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