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Space Station grabs SpaceX Dragon ship

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585 points mocko | 1 comments | 25 May 12 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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ak217 ◴[25 May 12 16:53 UTC] No.4024347[source]▶
[2008] "Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work." (http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/08/musk_qa)

Elon Musk doesn't seem like the easiest person to work with, but I'm having a hard time thinking of a more accomplished human.

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1. 6ren ◴[26 May 12 06:00 UTC] No.4026642[source]▶
It's pretty amazing that the (possibly) most accomplished human did a reddit AMA: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kpt9f/tesla_spacex_and... His answer on motivation was striking to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8NkJpUei4#t=28m05s

  My drive to get it done is somewhat disconnected from hope, enthusiasm or anything
  else. I just... I... I actually don't care about hope or enthusiasm... motivation. I
  just give it all I've got irrespective of what the circumstances may be. [...]
  Yeah... You just keep going and get it done.