You'll be fired if you don't innovate: Musk on SpaceX's hiring/firing practices

Speaking at the Air Warfare Symposium held by the US Air Force, Elon Musk spoke about importance of innovation at SpaceX and that its failure "comes with a big penalty". If the employee's "innovations aspirations aren't very good, they'll no longer be at the company," he said. Musk added that innovation is key if US wants to compete against China.