In 2004, Elon Musk said this about the future of space travel

In an early interview with CNN, SpaceX founder Elon Musk explained how he could work with NASA and his vision for the future of space travel.

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[CountTo]

He's 32 here. Founder and ceo of a space exploration company. I'm 33 and just watching YouTube.

[ODonthebeat]

People thought he was crazy back in the day. He did everything he said he was going to do. Now people still think hes crazy for saying we'll have a moon and mars base soon.

[georgecharalambous]

So essentially if I want to see how 2040 will look like I should just watch Elon Musk speak today.

[tenzinsonam]

I feel that this young guy will be successful in future

[edansw]

He's definitely going to be remembered in the history books

[ethangurule]

100’s of years from now, the new colonists who grew up away from Earth will look back at Elon Musk in their history lesson

[jaberjb]

Thats how you deliver predictions, here after SpaceX successfully launched astronauts into the lower earth orbit.

The man who knows how to live up to the hype 💪

[Danymok]

Whoever this guy is, he seems really smart.

[MurrayHerts]

is Elon not one of the greatest men alive? revolutionising cars with Tesla, revolutionising space travel with SpaceX and potentially revolutionising travel in general with the boring comany

[danm]

even when reporter ask those questions, you can feel it, he didn't take Musk too seriously

[ryannguyen]

2004 Nasa to Elon: What a mad lad.
2020 Nasa to Elon: PLZ give us a ride.

[masamune]

It’s scary and awesome that Elon and his teams have accomplished every goal he has set out for so far, except Mars. Which means despite how fantastical it sounds, his goal of Mars has an extremely likely chance of actually happen sooner than later.

[armanddesarrierespays]

The most important man of our time for sure. A true visionary.

[dailydeca]

And today SpaceX bailed out nasa from hundreds of millions of dollars to foreign governments and companies and made history!

[CLSGL]

This was far before Elon became the popular meme lord he is today. Back when he was just a young nerd (and I say this in the most endearing way possible).

Now, he’s sending humans to space on the best rockets that history has ever seen. I love it.

[habibbialikafe]

"I never wanted to be a product of my environment, I always wanted my environment to be a product of me."
-Costello, The Departed

[Omárirapper]

He is truly one amazing man! He is completing amazing things and he has amazing things to come!! He is a legend

[AshishSinghPaL]

I was 6 when this interview was happening....in the hills of uttrakhand, northern india.. near Himalayas... And to think this was going on at that time in the world...and i knew absolutely nothing about anything like this could happen or exists...I was just enjoying things....man....it gives me chills! 🥺🥺🥺

[madster]

What a humble man! I feel like he’s gonna name his son X Æ A-12 someday.

[thomasbrown]

He is even sporting the pandemic self haircut. This man was surely ahead of his time.