The story
Musk went looking for Russian rockets, balked at the price, and decided to build his own. Falcon 1 failed three times before the fourth launch reached orbit in 2008. NASA's contract followed weeks later.
No. 019 · 2002 · El Segundo
SpaceX
Tried to buy a rocket. Built one. Lost three.
Lands them now
Make my startup a legend- 1 Quoted too much for a Russian rocket, he does the math.
- 2 "I think we can build a rocket ourselves."
- 3 Falcon 1. A tiny island in the Pacific.
- 4 Failure one.
- 5 Two. Three.
- 6 Money for one last try.
- 7 September 2008. Number four reaches orbit.
- 8 Now they land them on boats.
- Founders
- Elon Musk
- Founded
- 2002, El Segundo
- What they do
- Reusable rockets, Starship and Starlink.