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He doesn't so much as say it, but show it in his eyes how much the NASA contract meant and how much passion he has.
Public money saved him.
Without an opportunity and potential like SpaceX, all the public money would have are cases like Solyndra.
The reality was, NASA needed SpaceX as much as SpaceX needed NASA.
elon = grit, as an entrepreneur when i have dark times, i'll read about him to get amped. my favorite quote: "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." -- back in 2008 after the SpaceX Falcon rocket failed to make orbit 3 times. More context: http://dcurt.is/elon-musks-determination
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Cached because wired seems to have disappeared the original:
http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/08/musk_qa
Interesting to note that when he said that, in the third quarter of 2008, he was in the middle of a complete implosion across everything in his life. Adds a very dramatic quality to it.
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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f5hUrv2... Cached because wired seems to have disappeared the original: http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2008/08/musk_qa Interesting to note that when he said that, in the third quarter of 2008, he was in the middle of a complete implosion across everything in his life. Adds a very dramatic quality to it.
He doesn't so much as say it, but show it in his eyes how much the NASA contract meant and how much passion he has.
Public money saved him.
A few large companies and governments were his obvious targets. Just like large defense contractors exist on "public" money.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Public money saved him.
And that means what? Public money has saved a lot of companies. The next time you fly somewhere, thank defense contracts and US postal service contracts for subsidizing the development of commercial air travel. Aerospace, especially space, is tightly linked with government spending, period. Also, does the fact that Musk bet his entire fortune means he's a freeloader on corporate welfare?
Since the car is so quiet... I wonder if the noise the car makes on these clips is an overdub.
He doesn't so much as say it, but show it in his eyes how much the NASA contract meant and how much passion he has.
Another area of the interview I found telling was when Musk described 2008 and how he essentially lost all his money, got divorced, and almost faced a nervous breakdown. Musk isn't some billionaire playboy, he's a brilliant man with the conviction to take bold risks that could change the world and he's experienced the highs and lows of that journey. I'll admit I was a Musk fan before watching this interview, but now I'm even more impressed with him.