“Space is not a two-year objective. It used to be, in the early '60's, we had this eye candy of Mercury and Gemini and Apollo and every year we would do something more and more and it met those needs. But the easy stuff has been done.” NeedsYearsHas BeensTwoDoneEyeUsedEasyStuffSpaceMetsObjectivesUsed To BeTwo YearsCandyApolloMercuryEye Candy Author:Peter Diamandis
“I'm a nine-year old kid inside and my passion has been all my life to want to travel into space.” WantYearsHas BeensKidsPassionSpaceNineMy PassionNine YearsWant To Travel Author:Peter Diamandis
“I ended up realizing that NASA was unlikely to get me into space, or get me to the moon or beyond, and I needed some other way to drive this.” WayRealizingSpaceNeededMoonUnlikelyNasa Author:Peter Diamandis
“I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?” IfsSpaceEconomicLibertarianEnginesCapitalistDescribe Myself Author:Peter Diamandis
“In the space business, space had gotten very much to be the aerospace industry. This is something that governments only do and it's where the Boeings and the Lockheed's and the Northrop's and so forth. And there's no way these small companies could do it.” WayGovernmentSpaceCompanyIndustryBoeingAerospace Author:Peter Diamandis
“You could not legally put a human and fly them into space. In fact, you couldn't bring a spaceship back. All those spaceships we were sending commercially into space were one way. You sort of like, got rid of them. And most passengers, who go up, do want to come back down.” WayWantHumansFactsSpaceOne WayPassengersSpaceships Author:Peter Diamandis
“Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. I therefore want to encourage public interest in space.” IfsThinkingWantHumansEarthInterestSpaceRaceRiskActivismDisasterHuman RacePublic Interest Author:Peter Diamandis
“Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.” DreamBigsSpaceConcepts Author:Peter Diamandis
“During the next 50 years, in countless cycles, in countless entrepreneurial companies, this let's just go and do it mentality will help us finally get off the planet and irreversibly open the space frontier. The capital and tools are finally being placed into the hands of those willing to risk, willing to fail, willing to follow the dreams.” YearsHelpingDreamHandsNextSpaceCompanyFailingRiskWillingPlanetsFutureToolsCyclesMentalityPredictionsFrontiersEntrepreneurial Author:Peter Diamandis
“I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.” ThinkingIdeasSpaceMoonNo IdeaStationsInnovative Author:Peter Diamandis
“Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.” FirstsOpportunitySpaceConversationFoundationPassionateFlyingSomedayPrizeProfessors Author:Peter Diamandis
“In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off!” PeopleYearsFirstsMadeSchoolSpaceFiveGroupsStudentsDevelopmentOrganizationI RealizedThirtyOrganizedExplorationPostersCampusSophomoreMitSophomore Year Author:Peter Diamandis
