In 2008 SpaceX had a terrible year (3 launch failures in a row) and almost went bankrupt http://www.space.com/5693-spacex-falcon-1-falters-time.html http://www.

In 2008 SpaceX had a terrible year (3 launch failures in a row) and almost went bankrupt http://www.space.com/5693-spacex-falcon-1-falters-time.html http://www.space.com/5693-spacex-falcon-1-falters-time.html edit: along with Tesla. interesting story: http://inspiremore.com/in-3-days-elon-musks-tesla-motors-spacex-went-from-potential-bankruptcy-to-1-8-billion-risk-is-worth-it/ http://inspiremore.com/in-3-days-elon-musks-tesla-motors-spa...