In 2008, Elon Musk was broke, divorcing, and watching his rockets explode one after another.
Three Falcon 1 launches. Three failures. Over $100 million gone. Tesla was days away from missing payroll. He was borrowing money from friends just to cover rent.
This photo was taken after one of those crashes. No breakdown. No press conference. Just a man crouched in the wreckage, thinking about what comes next.
He had enough parts for one more rocket. One last shot.
The fourth launch worked.
Days later, NASA handed SpaceX a $1.6 billion contract. On Christmas Eve 2008, Tesla's financing round closed in the final hour — or 1,200 employees would have gone unpaid two days later.
He later called it the worst year of his life. He also never stopped.
Next time you feel like quitting, remember the man sitting in that wreckage.
This image is like those memes from 2016 of Trump crossing the Delaware with Washington on a tank playing an electric guitar or whatever, except this photo is real.
🚨 NOW: American rapper Vanilla Ice SAYS IT PERFECTLY after artists bail on performing at America's 250th celebration in Washington DC
CNN: Why are you still planning on performing?
ICE: "I'm PROUD to be an American! [...] I don't like ANYBODY telling me I can't be proud of it." 🇺🇸
"We're celebrating the birthday of our country, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL HERE?"
"This whole world is like a snow globe, but it shouldn't be that and music is here to bring people together, man. And, you know, it shouldn't be that this music is dragged into politics."
"I think this is a huge honor." 🔥
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🚨 JUST NOW: President Trump infuriates the Democrats by dropping this INCREDIBLE moment of Columbus Circle 100% CLEANED UP, fountain water crystal clear and flowing...
...and NO homeless camps or drug users to be found.
COMPLETE 180.
It was a choice to allow dilapidation!
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🚨 JUST IN: Treasury Sec. SCOTT BESSENT is officially filling in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt tomorrow in the White House briefing room at 2PM
LFG! This comes after both Marco Rubio and JD Vance filled in
Acting Press Sec. Bessent will crush it 🤣🔥
Christopher Nolan gets ripped by Greek-interest publication for hypocrisy in his DEI "Odyssey" casting:
“Ancient Greece is not simply an aesthetic backdrop... If Hollywood truly believes representation matters, then Greek representation should matter too” https://t.co/N4VsW2fnJt