#SpaceX's #Starship booster catch 🦾 attempt will
Be aborted (mid-flight)
23.5%
Damage the tower
44.3%
Destroy 💥 the tower
20.9%
Work flawless or with only minor flaws
11.3%
Poll ended at .
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There's none, just another technology
15.4%
Ford had an easier start
3.8%
Musk had an easier start
53.8%
Others won't be able to catch up that easy
26.9%
Poll ended at .
The "easy start" of #SpaceX : "@elonmusk said he made $180m 💰 when #PayPal was acquired by #eBay in 📆 2002, and he initially put $90m into #SpaceX and #Tesla, but the costs kept mounting.
He said 📆 2008 was an incredibly difficult year - SpaceX's #Falcon1 rocket failed 💥 for the third time, and Tesla almost went bankrupt two days before Christmas.
By this point, he only had about $40m 💵 left." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43365710
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