Mars mission quotes

I’m trying to get to Mars before everyone else.

My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars – this is very important – so you don’t have to carry the return fuel when you go there.

It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.

If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.