Elon Musk on Elon Musk Thinking
ISSRDC 2015 - A Conversation with Elon Musk!!!
Worth sampling for the contemporaneous Falcon 9 failure update and the unusually specific account of Musk’s original Mars-greenhouse idea. The broader case for reusability and a multiplanetary future is familiar across the corpus.
At this point, really the only thing that's really clear is that there was some kind of over pressure events in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank, but the exact cause and the sequence of events, there's there's still no. Clear theory that fits with all the data. So we have to determine if some of the data is a measurement error of some kind or whether there is actually a theory that matches the sort of what what pear to be conflicting data points.
Elon Musk discusses the investigation into a Falcon 9 failure, SpaceX's pursuit of reusable launch vehicles, and the broader goal of reducing the cost of reaching space. He also explains his tolerance for high-risk innovation, his original public-engagement rationale for entering space, and the commercial possibilities that cheaper transport could create.