Elon Musk

(cont'd)

2008 was the the bad year for Musk and his projects. After six years, SpaceX wasn't bringing in profits yet. We're talking about individuals, not governments, learning from scratch how to make rockets for space, and finding someone to buy them. Musk had spent all his $200 million. To keep making payroll, he borrowed money wherever he could find it, including friends - and thought he might have to let one of the companies just fail, either SpaceX or Tesla. And his wife divorced him.

It occurs to me that there are people out there who are going to hate and resent Elon Musk for the success of his companies and the money he has made. (You're probably not one of them.) But I suggest that they need to think it through a little further.

Is Musk a good and likeable person? I don't know, but I'm able to identify the quality of bravery and admire that.

SpaceX has about 3800 employees who earn a living and, from the sound of that Bloomberg article, are excited to work there. Are the haters creating enough wealth to support thousands of employees and their families?

Some good things have been accomplished.