I’m back. This account was hacked on June 29 and used to impersonate someone I’m not.
This is Ben Markarian, Harrison High WR/DB, NIU commit. If you followed during the @grffnusk stretch, that wasn’t me. I'm sorry for any confusion and/or inconvenience.
Glad to be back. Highlights from the first few of the 2026 season will be up shortly.
In case you missed it, check out the 2nd episode of our Starship series. “Critical Path” follows SpaceX engineers through the final days before launch of the first Starship V3 and the challenges that come with development of the world’s most powerful and fully reusable rocket → https://t.co/0nNgKtf7M5
Elon Musk on starting SpaceX: "When I started SpaceX, one of my closest friends got a compilation of rocket failures and made me watch the whole thing. A lot of people tried to talk me out of it."
He'd heard the same joke so many times that he started saying the punchline himself: "How do you make a small fortune in the rocket business? You start with a large one." Whenever people asked why he started a rocket company, he'd just answer that he was trying to find the fastest way to turn a large fortune into a small one.
Even he admits the odds weren't in his favor going in: "I already thought the probability of failure was high and the likelihood of success was low. I thought SpaceX maybe had a 10-20% chance of success."
Join us on Saturday for the City of Starbase's Second Annual 4th of July Celebration.
Bring your family, enjoy an evening with the community, and celebrate Independence Day together.