Elon Musk: “Starship is the most complicated machine ever made by…”

“Somebody just needs to be smart and work hard and be trustworthy and they can work on a rocket. They don't need prior rocket experience. Starship is the most complicated machine ever made by humans. But by a long term, in what? Regardless, anything really. There isn't a more complex machine. Yeah, I mean, I'd say that there's pretty much any project I can think of would be easier than this.” (2:06:41–2:06:46)

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