10 failures that can not stop Elon Musk

Elon Musk, born June 28, 1971, is an American engineer, inventor, investor and entrepreneur of South African descent. Elon Musk, one of the founding partners of many successful startups such as SpaceX, Tesla, PayPal, is also the CEO and chief designer at SpaceX. Elon musk, is now known worldwide, has his own crypto money and we know with his crazy tweets on social media, was not always this successful. We have compiled a few attempts he failed.

1-Elon musk was rejected by Netscape (1995):

According to reports, Elon Musk has applied for a job at Netscape, an internet, software and telecommunications company. When Elon Musk learned that his application was not accepted, went to the company building to meet with an authorized person, but sat idly in the lobby because he was shy. He confirmed this story by replying to a follower on Twitter.

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2- Elon Musk was not elected CEO of the company Zip2, which he founded (1996):

Zip2, was a company that provides licensed city guide software to local newspapers. Zip2 was founded in 1995 by brothers Elon and Kimbl Musk and Greg Kouri call Global Link Information Network. Although he wanted to be the CEO of Zip2, the company he founded, this request was not approved by the board members.

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3- PayPal was voted one of the 10 worst startups and Elon Musk was fired from PayPal (1999-2000):

PayPal is a system that allows payments over the internet. It makes secure shopping on the internet and transfer money to anyone you want with an e-mail. It was named one of the 10 worst startups in 1999, and in 2000, Elon Musk was fired from PayPal, where he was CEO within a honeymoon.

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4- Attempts to buy rockets were denied (2001-2002):

Elon Musk, who wanted to buy rockets from Russia to send mice to Mars and grow plants there, was rejected on the grounds that the ideas were ridiculous. The following year, Elon Musk, who made the same attempt for the SpaceX Company, was again rejected.

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5- Explosion of SpaceX’s first 3 rockets (2006-2007-2008)

The explosion of Falcon1 on its first and second launches was a big problem. The failure of its third launch carrying a NASA satellite on top of it shook the trust in SpaceX Company. The turmoil within the company, the failure of the rockets and the economic crisis brought Elon Musk to the brink of bankruptcy, İn 2008.

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6- The bankruptcy of Halcyon Molecular (2012):

The company was founded to find the secret codes in the DNA molecule, also received investment from Elon Musk. But in 2012, this research company filed for bankruptcy.

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7- The failure of the rocket named Falcon 9 v1.1 during landing (2013):

Reusable rockets have breathed new life into the rocket industry. The first of these rockets designed by SpaceX Company, Falcon 9 v1.1 failed during landing on the ship in the ocean.

8- Tesla Model 5 encountered many problems due to the decrease in the energy holding capacity of its battery over time (2014):

The battery life problem creates big questions not only for Tesla but also for many technological products today. It is known that Tesla Company has done a comprehensive study on battery life and is close to eliminating this problem.

9- Second battery problem in Tesla motors (2016):

Battery problems haunted Tesla, and Tesla Motors, unable to solve maintenance problems with the products, reported that it delayed the delivery of the Model X for more than 18 months.

10-Failures in new generation rockets (2016):

Falcons 4, 5, and 6, having completed their primary mission, went into complete delirium during landing. Because it is a new technology, these failures did not receive a negative public response. However, the pre-launch explosion of the rocket carrying the Facebook satellite, worth 300 million, was a big disappointment. The explosion was so unexpected that SpaceX Company was able to determine why the explosion occurred after 2 months. If the launch was successful, 14 countries in Africa would have improved internet access.

As a result, despite all the misfortunes that came to the point of sinking, Elon Musk is sending people into space with his own rockets today and illuminates our future with his work both in our world and in space.