In 2008, Elon Musk was at rock bottomThe first three SpaceX launches had failed. Early Tesla Roadsters had major quality issues. All his money was nearly goneA fourth rocket failure would have ended SpaceX entirely“We were running on fumes. We had virtually no money.”But then Flight 4 succeeded flawlesslyDays later, NASA awarded SpaceX a $1.5 billion contractElon said he was so overwhelmed he could barely hold the phone:“I just blurted out, ‘I love you guys’”Then, only two days later on Christma

Elon Musk was on the brink of Failure with SpaceX’s Falcon 1After three failed launch attempts and only enough money for those three, everyone expected him to give up.But instead of quitting, he doubled down and went for a fourth launch, which turned out to be a success!