WHAT CAN WE MAKE OF ELON MUSK'S PROMISES?

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Williams, Len
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Engineering and Technology | 2023年 / 18卷 / 04期
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THINGS COULD HAVE turned out very differently for Elon Musk. On 3 August 2008, his company SpaceX made its third attempt to get a rocket into orbit. Just as the second stage separated, residual fuel in the first stage thrust it forward, and the two parts collided mid-flight, knocking the ship off course. It was a disaster. Musk was close to bankruptcy; he had only ever budgeted for three launches (mainly funded by the US government plus his own money). They’d all failed.
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