Edited by me for length from the full quote by Walter Isaacson (who wrote a biography of Musk), after SpaceX successfully caught Starship on its first attempt:
>I will always remember the looks on the engineers’ faces in the Starbase conference room in December 2020 when @elonmusk suggested, then insisted, that the Mechazilla launchpad arms could catch a returning Starship.
Also according to the biography, Musk is the person who suggested and, again against considerable opposition from his engineers, insisted on Starship switching to stainless steel instead of carbon fiber <https://x.com/richardprice100/status/1728106606616015097>.
(Hint: Musk was right and his engineers were wrong. Both times.)
andsoitis•2m ago
Give amazing talent audacious goals and the accomplish tremendous things.
You need someone to set unreasonable targets.
To reach Andromeda you have to shoot for Mars first.
TMWNN•11m ago
>I will always remember the looks on the engineers’ faces in the Starbase conference room in December 2020 when @elonmusk suggested, then insisted, that the Mechazilla launchpad arms could catch a returning Starship.
Also according to the biography, Musk is the person who suggested and, again against considerable opposition from his engineers, insisted on Starship switching to stainless steel instead of carbon fiber <https://x.com/richardprice100/status/1728106606616015097>.
(Hint: Musk was right and his engineers were wrong. Both times.)