Senator Ted Cruz

All right. So 2002, you start SpaceX. How do you start a rocket company? What's the first day where you're like, I want to make rockets and I want to go to Mars? What do you do on day one?

All right. So 2002, you start SpaceX. How do you start a rocket company? What's the first day where you're like, I want to make rockets and I want to go to Mars? What do you do on day one?

All right. So 2002, you start SpaceX. How do you start a rocket company? What's the first day where you're like, I want to make rockets and I want to go to Mars? What do you do on day one?

Stop, yeah.

Stop, yeah.

Stop, yeah.

So I remember you and I first met in 2013 when I was a brand new baby senator. Yeah. And I was still down in the basement office. They stick freshman senators in a basement office, kind of like hazing. Yeah, yeah, I was about to say, it sounds like it. There are 100 Senate offices, but for six months you stay in the basement. Put you in your place. Yeah, it's like wearing a beanie.

So I remember you and I first met in 2013 when I was a brand new baby senator. Yeah. And I was still down in the basement office. They stick freshman senators in a basement office, kind of like hazing. Yeah, yeah, I was about to say, it sounds like it. There are 100 Senate offices, but for six months you stay in the basement. Put you in your place. Yeah, it's like wearing a beanie.

So I remember you and I first met in 2013 when I was a brand new baby senator. Yeah. And I was still down in the basement office. They stick freshman senators in a basement office, kind of like hazing. Yeah, yeah, I was about to say, it sounds like it. There are 100 Senate offices, but for six months you stay in the basement. Put you in your place. Yeah, it's like wearing a beanie.

They want you to know where you're supposed to be.

They want you to know where you're supposed to be.

They want you to know where you're supposed to be.

And you know, I got to say, now 13 years into it, I think there's a lot of wisdom to doing that. Sure, sure. But you were down in the basement office and I remember you were coming and sitting down with SpaceX. And at the time, the Air Force was not letting you all bid to launch satellites. And so you were coming and saying, look, we got a company. I think we can do a really good job of this.

And you know, I got to say, now 13 years into it, I think there's a lot of wisdom to doing that. Sure, sure. But you were down in the basement office and I remember you were coming and sitting down with SpaceX. And at the time, the Air Force was not letting you all bid to launch satellites. And so you were coming and saying, look, we got a company. I think we can do a really good job of this.

And you know, I got to say, now 13 years into it, I think there's a lot of wisdom to doing that. Sure, sure. But you were down in the basement office and I remember you were coming and sitting down with SpaceX. And at the time, the Air Force was not letting you all bid to launch satellites. And so you were coming and saying, look, we got a company. I think we can do a really good job of this.

And yet we're locked out of this. It's a little amazing to think the journey SpaceX has gone from then to now.

And yet we're locked out of this. It's a little amazing to think the journey SpaceX has gone from then to now.

And yet we're locked out of this. It's a little amazing to think the journey SpaceX has gone from then to now.

When did it strike you, okay, you're going to have to do this if you want to? Well, I'll tell you, it gets crazier.

When did it strike you, okay, you're going to have to do this if you want to? Well, I'll tell you, it gets crazier.