Rocket man

A conversation with Elon Musk, Com카지노 게임 컬렉션�94, is filled with pauses. He gathers his thoughts to answer questions about what and who has inspired him, about the ­differences between madness and genius, and about the high-flying ventures that have won him fame and fortune.

You wonder if his stops-and-starts are the respites he needs to check on whether there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a flash of inspiration trying to get his attention somewhere else in his brain on 카지노 게임 컬렉션�line two.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Brainstorms, it would seem, occur with stunning frequency in the mind of this former Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s student who카지노 게임 컬렉션�s fast emerging as one of the 21st century카지노 게임 컬렉션�s foremost innovators. Musk is a billionaire who has been written about 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and lauded 카지노 게임 컬렉션� by such influential publications as Forbes, The New Yorker, Time, and the Los Angeles Times, and was profiled recently on the popular CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes.

It was at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s that this world-class visionary and entrepreneur extraordinaire began the post-secondary studies that helped to further unlock his mind and served as a kind of preamble to his stratospherically imaginative and successful career. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a career that promises to soar even higher, to the heavens and beyond.

More than two decades ago, from 1989 to 1991, Musk spent his freshman and sophomore years in Kingston. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a period in his life he now recalls with fondness and a light-hearted sense of cheer. These days he카지노 게임 컬렉션�s renowned as the creative and guiding force behind PayPal, Tesla electric motor cars, and SolarCity (which leases solar-power systems to private homeowners). And his private rocket ship company, SpaceX, made headlines when it launched a cargo rocket and spacecraft that on May 25, 2012, became the first commercial vehicle to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.

Musk is also a dedicated philanthropist. He established and serves as is chair of the Musk Foundation, which promotes science education, pediatric health, and clean energy; he카지노 게임 컬렉션�s keenly interested and actively involved in efforts to promote solar power and green technologies. In April 2012, when he joined The Giving Pledge 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the philanthropic campaign kick-started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Musk made the moral commitment to donate one day the bulk of his wealth to worthy causes.

Foreshadowing his future entrepreneurial career, Musk wrote the code for and sold a video game when he was 12.

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa, the eldest of three siblings 카지노 게임 컬렉션� he has a brother, Kimbal, and a sister, Tosca. Their father was an engineer, his mother, a nutritionist and fashion model (who once posed in the nude, make-believe pregnant at 63 years of age, for a New York Magazine cover). The genes for both logic and a conventions-be-damned attitude would seem to be inherited, and to an exponential degree.

As the kind of kid who had all the answers, young Elon didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t win many schoolboy friends. His mother has been quoted as recalling, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�He read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica when he was only eight or nine, and he remembered it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Foreshadowing his future entrepreneurial career, Musk wrote the code for and sold a video game when he was 12. By the time he was a teenager, he had a much bigger appetite for education than could be satisfied by answering his draft call from the apartheid-era South African army.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I left South Africa by myself, against my parents카지노 게임 컬렉션� wishes,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he told the Review during a recent interview at SpaceX카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Los Angeles headquarters.

Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s mother is Canadian-born, and he has a grandmother and an aunt living in Alberta. So it was to Canada and to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s that he came in 1990, hoping to broaden 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and eventually to go beyond 카지노 게임 컬렉션� both his personal and literal horizons. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I came to North America because I felt this was where there was opportunity to do great things in technology.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Oddly enough, it wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t just academic excellence that drew Musk to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, but rather another very down-to-earth reason 카지노 게임 컬렉션� his keen eye for members of the opposite sex. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was a close call for me between the 카지노게임사이트 of Waterloo and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was going to do physics and engineering at Waterloo, but then I visited the campus 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and, you may not want to print this,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says with a laugh, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�but there didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t seem to be any girls there! So, I visited Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and there were girls there. I didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t want to spend my undergraduate time with a bunch of dudes.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Turning more serious, he recalls that he met his first wife 카지노 게임 컬렉션� ­Justine (Wilson) Musk, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션�96, at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. The couple was together for eight years, 2000-2008, and they had five sons together. As befits a man about whom so little is ordinary, Musk is the ­father of twins and of triplets.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I had a great time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Musk reflects. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was fun and interesting. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�d call them formative years,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says.

Musk lived at Victoria Hall, on the International Floor. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That was where I met Navaid Farooq [Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션�94] who remains one of my best friends to this day,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Musk.

Recalling his two student years in Canada, Musk notes, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�In the first two years at university, you learn a lot about a great many things. One particular thing that I learned at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노 게임 컬렉션� both from faculty and students 카지노 게임 컬렉션� was how to work collaboratively with smart people and make use of the Socratic method to achieve commonality of purpose.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

What he learned about the Socratic method at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s would prove to be huge, perhaps one of the most significant factors in his future success when it came time for him to start SpaceX.

However, after just two years in Kingston, Musk decided that finishing his degree at an American Ivy League university might help win him a job in American industry and propel him upwards in his career faster. So he transferred to the 카지노게임사이트 of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. His course work there didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t prevent him from making trips back to Kingston to visit his younger brother, Kimbal Musk, Com카지노 게임 컬렉션�95, who had followed his path to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and would go on to a highly successful business career of his own.

Elon earned two degrees at Penn 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a BS in physics and then one in economics from its Wharton School. From there, it was on to Stanford 카지노게임사이트, where he카지노 게임 컬렉션�d been accepted for doctoral studies, originally intending to concentrate in the field of energy physics. However, by now Musk was envisioning his career possibilities in three arenas: the Internet, clean energy, and space.

This was 1995, the start of the Internet boom, and its lure was too much for Musk to resist. At age 24 he dropped out of Stanford after just two days, and then partnered with brother Kimbal to start a business they called Zip2 Corporation, which produced online city guides for various big-city newspapers. Zip2 Corporation signed contracts with both The Chicago Tribune and The New York Times.

When venture capitalists jumped in with an offer of $3.6 million in start-up capital, Musk relinquished majority control of the fledgling venture. This proved to be an early example of his business savvy and crucial to his career success. In 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation bought Zip2 for $307 million in cash, rewarding Musk with $22 million for his seven per cent stake. He became a multi-millionaire at age 28.

Musk used part of his windfall to launch another company. X.com was an online bank that developed the PayPal online payment system that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s widely used today. Musk sold PayPal to eBay in 2002 for a staggering $1.5 billion, netting $165 million in eBay stock in the process.

Then, as now, Elon Musk moved at warp speed in his business dealings. Later that same year, he launched his next venture 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and his most high-flying one to date, the space transport provider Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, as it has become commonly known. Not content to stop there, in 2003, he started Tesla Motors, a maker of high-end electric sports cars.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor whose accomplishments had tantalized and inspired Musk for years. Tesla, who invented the alternating current induction motor and the bladeless turbine, was right when his rival Thomas Edison was wrong about whether direct or alternating current would power America. Tesla registered more than 700 patents, foresaw harnessing both solar and tidal power, and envisioned satellites and interplanetary communications. So, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s no surprise that 카지노 게임 컬렉션� in a world of wonders that both men figured they could further improve upon 카지노 게임 컬렉션� Musk chose the name Tesla for his revolutionary electric car.

Elon Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s high-profile may have gained traction from his innovative ground vehicles, but it is his SpaceX ventures that truly echo Nikola Tesla카지노 게임 컬렉션�s visionary outlook and that have sent Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s fame rocketing sky high 카지노 게임 컬렉션� literally, as well as figuratively.

The first Tesla roadster rolled off the assembly line in 2008. Despite a price tag of more than (U.S.) $100,000 and the fact the model has now been discontinued, there are some 2,300 of the company카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Roadsters driving, emission-free, in more than 37 countries. Its small electric motor, which generates 288 horsepower, can propel the vehicle to 100 km per hour in 3.7 seconds and can travel almost 400 kms between charges. Unique to the Tesla Roadster, and indicative of the kind of bold conceptual thinking one might expect from Elon Musk, there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s no reverse gear. Instead, to drive the car backwards, the motor spins in reverse.

A new Tesla, the Model S, which is intended for a broader market than the roadster, is less pricey and was picked by Motor Trend automotive magazine as its 2013 Car of the Year. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Our aspiration with the Model S was to show that an electric car truly can be ­better than any gasoline car,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Musk says earnestly and humbly.

The schoolboy hubris is gone; there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s just the shine of ­wunderkind achievement reflecting from him now.

Elon Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s high-profile may have gained traction from his innovative ground vehicles, but it is his SpaceX ventures that truly echo Nikola Tesla카지노 게임 컬렉션�s visionary outlook and that have sent Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s fame rocketing sky high 카지노 게임 컬렉션� literally, as well as figuratively.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I can never forget the first sensations I experienced when it dawned on me that I had observed something with possibly incalculable consequences for mankind,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Tesla wrote about a 1890s experiment in which he believed he카지노 게임 컬렉션�d captured signals from Mars. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Although I could not decipher their meaning, it was impossible for me to think of them as having been entirely accidental. The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

When the Review카지노 게임 컬렉션�s conversation with Musk returns to the subject of those geniuses who have inspired him 카지노 게임 컬렉션� geniuses such as Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Tesla, especially Nikola Tesla 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the young entrepreneur카지노 게임 컬렉션�s enthusiasm is almost palpable.

But why had Tesla카지노 게임 컬렉션�s name been pretty much forgotten until Musk affixed it to his 카지노 게임 컬렉션�the-future-is-now카지노 게임 컬렉션� electric cars?

Why hadn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t Tesla 카지노 게임 컬렉션� who once worked for Thomas Edison before becoming his competitor and a bitter rival 카지노 게임 컬렉션� ever won the level of fame of the other luminaries Musk cites as his personal 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Hall-of-Famers.카지노 게임 컬렉션� Has Musk taken into consideration what went wrong for Nikola Tesla as he contemplated the course of his own career? It seems he has.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Tesla카지노 게임 컬렉션�s problem was that he wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t entirely sane, and that got worse later in his life. Retaining sanity is important,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Musk says with a self-effacing smile. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Keep a firm grip on sanity, maintain an active feedback loop, and seek out negative feedback because it gets harder and harder to get as you progress in the world.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Musk encounters many people who wonder how he can ­possibly stay on an even keel while being involved in so many ­initiatives and successfully moving in several innovative directions at once.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It would be hard to be crazy and still be able [to launch a spacecraft] to dock with the International Space Station,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he quips.

There were many critical steps in the battle to turn that lofty dream into a reality. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I guess the reason I thought I wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t mad to pursue rocketry as a business venture was because the nature of peoples카지노 게임 컬렉션� concerns was that I was likely to lose all the money that I put into creating a rocket company, and I thought maybe they were right. But I accepted all the risk, and it wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t that I thought it was a low-risk endeavour. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a separate question as to whether you should engage in projects in which the odds are that you카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll lose your money.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�My rationale there was that it was an important enough cause 카지노 게임 컬렉션� at least to me 카지노 게임 컬렉션� that it was worth putting funds at risk and possibly losing them.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

And how did Musk recruit the scientists and other technical people he needed to join him in order to create, and quickly, a private rocket company capable of taking over the transport of space cargo after NASA카지노 게임 컬렉션�s space shuttle program ended?

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It would have been quite difficult if I카지노 게임 컬렉션�d just started off by cold-calling them and saying that I wanted to start a rocket company,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�What I said instead 카지노 게임 컬렉션� because these people were working at Northrop-Grumman, Boeing, and other big aerospace companies 카지노 게임 컬렉션� was 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Would you mind helping me with a feasibility study to find out if it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s possible to make significant advancements in rocket technology? It will involve a few weekends and evenings of your time,카지노 게임 컬렉션� I said I카지노 게임 컬렉션�d pay a decent amount for their help, and so they were enthusiastic. We had a series of meetings, and the people I recruited put a lot of thought into it and came to the conclusion that yes, it would be possible to build better rockets than had been made before.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Was it really that straightforward?

Says Musk, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I essentially led them to a conclusion that they created. It was sort of a Socratic dialogue on a technical level. The essence of a Socratic dialogue,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he adds with another of his trademark soft laughs, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�is that people wind up convincing themselves. People are much more willing to change their opinion if you카지노 게임 컬렉션�re not forcing it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Does he mean it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Look what I thought of카지노 게임 컬렉션� idea? 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Yes. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s exactly right,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he replies.

Here was the Socratic method of problem solving at work: Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s most enduring contribution to his career.

Increasingly, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s is intent on fostering a spirit of innovation in its graduates and takes pride in signs of that카지노 게임 컬렉션�s spirit카지노 게임 컬렉션�s success, and although Musk didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t finish his degree in Kingston, the time he spent here doubtless helped to heighten his already robust entrepreneurial spirit.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s something of a cliché,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�but a lot of my ideas nowadays come to me when I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m in the shower,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s because I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve been thinking about them, the mind processing them subconsciously while I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m sleeping, and what카지노 게임 컬렉션�s the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? You take a shower.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Is there a Circadian rhythm to idea generation?

카지노 게임 컬렉션�That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s an interesting notion,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Musk. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�If you shower in the evening, will the ideas still occur during showers or would they occur during the drive to work?카지노 게임 컬렉션�

If I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m trying to solve a problem, and I think I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve got some elements of it kind of close to being figured out, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll pace for hours trying to think it through.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not a rhetorical question because he quickly answers it himself. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I suspect they카지노 게임 컬렉션�d happen during the drive to work. Whatever your mind has been working on, there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a bunch of subconscious processes 카지노 게임 컬렉션� you don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t know how, they카지노 게임 컬렉션�re not visible at first 카지노 게임 컬렉션� but they pop to the surface when your brain is done thinking about them.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s clear Elon Musk is no mere dreamer, but rather a problem-solver and pragmatic futurist. 

Dreams and brainstorms are only two of the engines of idea generation for Musk. The wizard of Internet money exchange, electric car motoring, solar powering, and space travel also taps into creative problem-solving by pacing.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�There are times, late at night, when I pace,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he confides. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�If I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m trying to solve a problem, and I think I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve got some elements of it kind of close to being figured out, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll pace for hours trying to think it through.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

That uncanny ability to concentrate on a problem, no matter how complex or vexing, and to come up with a creative, workable solution is a key to Musk카지노 게임 컬렉션�s success.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Elon has the incredible ability and determination to work and work on an idea until he has the solution,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says his brother Kimbal. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�If he believes it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s possible 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and he always does when it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a problem he카지노 게임 컬렉션�s working on 카지노 게임 컬렉션� there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s no option for turning back with him. When 99.99 per cent of people would have given up, Elon finds the solution that amazes everyone around him.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Robin Keats is a Los Angeles freelance writer.