https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c Ashlee Vance en-us 2021-04-27 16:53:50 UTC 2021-06-12 06:42:53 UTC hello@padlet.com vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602174202 Vance, Ashlee. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Ecco, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. ]]> 2021-06-12 02:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602174202 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602176079 Elon Musk founded a company called "Zip2" which was a GPS site. The site sold for $307 million to Compaq (Page 8). ]]> 2021-06-12 02:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602176079 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602177716 Elon Musk moved to Los Angeles and invested $100 million into SpaceX, $70 million for Tesla, and $10 million for SolarCity. ]]> 2021-06-12 02:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602177716 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602255033 Elon Musk divorced his first wife, Justine Wilson in September of 2008 after things started to become messy for Tesla and SpaceX. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-did-elon-musk-and-his-first-wife-justine-wilson-divorce.html/]]> 2021-06-12 05:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602255033 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602261337 SpaceX had three rocket attempts failed up to August 2, 2008 with their Falcon 1 rocket. Though on September 28, 2008, the rocket did end up succeeding in its mission. https://www.nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/spacex_falcon1_flight_4.html]]> 2021-06-12 05:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602261337 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602264945 Elon Musk was born in "Pretoria, a large city in the northeastern part of South Africa" in 1971. (Page 24)]]> 2021-06-12 05:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602264945 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602266794 Elon Musk moved to Canada at the age of Seventeen. The reason for this is that "he wanted to go to the US as quickly as possible and used Canada as a pit stop, and to avoid military service in Africa" (Page 42).]]> 2021-06-12 05:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602266794 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602268334 One of Elon's job was to clean the boiler room of a lumber mill. 30 people were there on the first day, and by the end of the week, it was only Musk and two other people.]]> 2021-06-12 05:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602268334 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602269456 Elon met his first wife, Justine Wilson at Queen's University. They were married sometime in 2000.]]> 2021-06-12 05:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602269456 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602269971 Elon Musk transferred from Queen's University to the University of Pennsylvania to pursue two degrees: a Bachelor's Degree in physics and an economics degree from the Wharton School (Page 50).]]> 2021-06-12 05:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602269971 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602274110 Somewhere in the middle of 2012, Tesla released their Model S sedan, which at the time was far superior than any other sedan on the road. https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15117388/2013-tesla-model-s-test-review/]]> 2021-06-12 05:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602274110 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602275765 On December 23, 2008, SpaceX received a contract to be the supplier for the ISS, being payed 1.6 billion for twelve flights to the station, which shocked Musk (page 210).]]> 2021-06-12 06:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602275765 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602277324 The Falcon 9 is the rocket used to supply the ISS. It only costs $60 million to launch, which is far cheaper than its competitors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSxgBKlYws]]> 2021-06-12 06:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602277324 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602286473 Elon Musk bought a McLaren F1 with his hard-earned money and drove it around a lot instead of keeping it in his garage for special occasions. However, he totaled the hypercar later on (Page 78). https://www.thedrive.com/news/32191/did-you-know-elon-musk-wrecked-an-uninsured-mclaren-f1]]> 2021-06-12 06:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602286473 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602288652 eBay offered to pay $1.5 billion for PayPal (formerly X.com, which was incorporated by Elon with the money used from the sale of Zip2), which Elon agreed to and made $180 million off of it (Page 89). ]]> 2021-06-12 06:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602288652 vangtry000 https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602293778 Elon Musk appears to not really care about housing, as Larry Page recalls him having receiving emails from Musk about him staying over at Page's home for the night (Page 352).]]> 2021-06-12 06:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vangtry000/mewr66tte8c6xt1c/wish/1602293778