Elon Musk Outlines Grand Plans In Speech (Video)

[bananas]

(edit - the video has been updated, it only had the first 45 minutes, now it has the full hour)

60 minute Talk:
Video: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SpaceFligh
Audio: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/29/midday2/

4 minute Animation: http://www.youtube.com/user/HobbySpacer?feature=mhee

http://moonandback.com/2011/09/29/elon-musk-outlines-grand-plans-in-speech-video/

Elon Musk Outlines Grand Plans In Speech (Video)

29 September 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a frank and forthright speech before the National Press Club today, Elon Musk explained why life should be multi-planetary, what it will take to get us there and the breakthrough SpaceX is working on to make it possible. Musk characterized space settlement as a form of life insurance for the human race and said that settlement is the next step on the evolutionary scale.

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http://hobbyspace.com/nucleus/?itemid=32777

Elon Musk presentation at National Press Club
The webcast of Elon's talk at the National Press Club is set to start at 12:50pm EDT.

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Update: Notes from Elon's talk:
/-- Exciting announcement to make but first preface motivation for SpaceX
/-- His goals since college were to contribute to development of the Internet, electric vehicles, and expanding humanity into space.
/-- Discusses why space is important.
/-- Life becoming multiplanetary - next stage of life's development that started with birth 3.8B years ago

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Posted 09/29/11 | 11:43:59 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Transport Companies

http://hobbyspace.com/nucleus/?itemid=32783

More on the Reusable Falcon 9A reader noticed that C-SPAN has video of the talk: Future of Human Space Flight, Part 1 - C-SPAN Video Library (not embeddable).

Update: A reader points to this audio recording of the talk: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk live at the National Press Club | Minnesota Public Radio News


And here is Marcia Smith's review of the talk: SpaceX To Develop Fully Reusable Rocket, Make Humanity a Multi-Planet Species - spacepolicyonline.com


Lots of commentary on the talk at LIVE: Elon Musk speaking at National Press Club Luncheon - NSF - Sept. 29, 2011. See also discussion at A Reusable Rocket - Transterrestrial Musings.

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Posted 09/29/11 | 13:32:49 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Transport Companies

[LongTomH]

1. Musk's biggest challenge will be retaining control of his company.

If SpaceX follows the usual development profile, the company will go public and Musk will lose control to a board-of-directors that will be interested in the next quarter's bottom line, not the future of humanity. Look what happened to Google.

His best strategy would be to split off planning for future, privately funded space missions to a non-profit foundation with him as head.

[LongTomH]

2. I'd like to add -- Thank you Bananas for posting this!

I haven't really kept up with space news as I did a few years ago. Your contributions are invaluable!