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Founders: #13 Elon Musk and Why SpaceX Will Colonize Mars

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What I learned from reading The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why by Tim Urban. In the most recent 1% of our species short existence, we have become the first life on earth to know about the situation (4:38) The total market for satellite manufacturing, the launches that carry them to space, and related equipment and services has ballooned from $60 billion in 2004 to over $200 billion in 2015 (8:41) Here is what SpaceX does: it takes things to space for people for money. Here is what SpaceX really does: it is an innovation machine trying to solve one big problem. The astronomical cost of space travel (9:13) For 1% we can buy life insurance (20:35) Up until 25 years ago there had never been such a thing as a global brain of god like information access and connectivity on this planet (23:26) Musk has said he doesn't care that much about your degree. Just raw talent, personality, and passion for the SpaceX mission (31:21) For domestic launches the ULA charges the government and the US taxpayer $380 million per launch. For a similar launch, the US government pays SpaceX $133 million (40:14) Life has to be about more than just solving problems. There have to be things that inspire you

[00:00:00] We made it to part three of the Elon Musk blog series by Wait But Why. So today I want to talk to you about the post that's called How and Why SpaceX Will Colonize Mars. So this is the first Founders podcast that you've listened to. Make sure you subscribe. Every week I usually read a biography of a new founder or entrepreneur and then just share some of the stuff I thought was interesting and some of the stuff I learned about their life and their career. This one, we're in the middle of a series. It's a little different. [00:00:33] It's not a book this time, but a book-length…

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