“We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.” WorldYearsFormEnergySpeciesSolar Energy Author:Peter Diamandis
“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
“You have to ask yourself the question, do you have the smartest people in the world working for your company? And if you do, you're lucky. But if you don't, put up the incentive. And have someone who is absolutely brilliant who's a 22-year old in India who says what about this way? And who revolutionizes the way you do business.” PeopleIfsWorldWayYearsAsksCompanyLuckyIndiaBrilliantIncentives Author:Peter Diamandis
“The price to generate a megawatt or a gigawatt of energy is coming down year after year. We're learning how to print it, make it more efficient.” YearsEnergyPrintEfficient Author:Peter Diamandis
“A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago.” YearsPresidentTechnologyMiddleYears AgoWarriorMobileKenyaCellphonePresident ReaganMasai 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
“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
