Friends, on September 28, 2026, a truly important moment in the history of spaceflight happened.
SpaceX finally launched Starship into Earth’s orbit. It was the 14th flight, and for the first time the rocket didn’t just go up and come back down - it actually went around the planet.
During the ascent one engine shut down, and everyone got a bit nervous. But the team still said “go for orbit.” And Starship made it. It reached about 275 kilometers high, deployed 26 new Starlink satellites, and then safely returned to the ocean.
Why is this so important?
Because until now all the flights were just test jumps. Now the most powerful rocket in the world has proven it can work as a real orbital vehicle. This is a huge step toward eventually carrying people to the Moon and Mars, and toward making rockets reusable many times — like airplanes.
Elon Musk and the SpaceX team once again did what many people thought was almost impossible.
The future no longer feels so far away.
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In 2008, Elon Musk was one step away from total collapse.
Three Falcon 1 launches had failed. He only had enough money for a fourth.
Tesla was 2–3 days from bankruptcy.
He was borrowing money from friends just to pay rent.
He said it was the closest he ever came to a nervous breakdown.
September 28, 2008. The fourth and final launch.
Falcon 1 reached orbit.
The first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket in history to do so.
A few days later, NASA signed a $1.6 billion contract with SpaceX.
December 24, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
The last hour of the last day it was still possible to close the round.
Musk put in everything he had left.
The round closed. Forty-eight hours later, Tesla would have been unable to make payroll.
He said at the time:
“I put in the last of my money thinking the company would probably still die. But there was no other choice.”
This is not a motivational fairy tale.
This is video of him telling the story himself - calmly, without drama, almost in passing.
2008 could have wiped out both SpaceX and Tesla.
It didn’t.
And that’s exactly why we’re talking about him today.