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