elon claimed he started spacex for... there, fixed that little glitch for ya! and if you're skeptical, read his first biography, where he enumerated numerous

elon claimed he started spacex for... there, fixed that little glitch for ya! and if you're skeptical, read his first biography, where he enumerated numerous things he'd never ever do -- specifically, using spacex for anything other than mars, explicitly he says the government would have to take it from him.