In 2000, elon musk's sister Tosca Musk founded an independent film production company "Musk Entertainment", and elon musk was the producer of the first film "Guessing Boxing". Other famous movies, such as "Thank you for smoking" in 2005, were registered in his name. In addition, he has made guest appearances in seven films and TV series.
When the director of Iron Man found elon musk to enrich his role, he expressed his strong interest in becoming a producer. Some scenes in the film were shot in the empty factory of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technology Company. In the final subtitle list, elon musk's name is listed in the column of "Special thanks".
Elon musk recently told everyone that he will retire on Mars. At Space Exploration Technologies' factory in Hawthorne, California, 65,438+0,500 engineers are working hard for this goal. Hanging by the door is a huge photo of Mars. In the huge former Boeing 777 manufacturing plant, Falcon 9 rocket and capsule spacecraft are parked, which are called "Dragon Spacecraft". When the financial crisis broke out, he stood in Tesla's office and told employees: Either invest the money himself or the company will go bankrupt. He won't say what I did before. So he wrote a check for $3 million, which was his last $3 million. He also persuaded other investors, including his brother, to put their personal wealth into the company. After solving Tesla's problem, his next question becomes who he will be with tomorrow, borrowing money to spend, and he has to borrow all the money from his friends, including rent.
Musk believes that space exploration technology company has been highly vertically integrated in design and production. As time goes by, the launch price will further drop, and the design of space exploration technology company rocket is recyclable. Although they have not really been recycled, the future is not impossible. The world's first spaceship developed by a private company.
After the establishment of Space Exploration Technology Company in 2002, many critics thought that Musk could not succeed, which is why Musk named the spaceship after the mythical image "Dragon". The "Dragon" spacecraft is designed with seven seats and a wide cargo hold, and its overall shape is bullet-shaped. It is one of the few commercial spacecraft in the world, and the first spacecraft developed by a private company in the world. In 2065438, NASA and Space Exploration Technology Company signed a contract worth US$ 654.38 billion, and Space Exploration Technology Company will provide US astronauts with US$ 654.38 billion transportation replenishment tasks. This gives space exploration technology company a price advantage of $200 million more than its competitor Orbital Science Company. The goal of space exploration technology company is to minimize the cost of space transportation. In order to reduce costs, space exploration technology company even bought second-hand instruments from the Internet and found the cheapest salvage company to salvage rocket wreckage.
On February 20 12, the materials originally carried by the Dragon Spacecraft were sent to the International Space Station by Falcon 9 rocket for replenishment, but the plan was postponed due to the need for more preparatory work. After all, this will be the first time that a private company spacecraft has docked with an on-orbit laboratory. This is part of the $654.38+0.6 billion contract signed by Space Exploration Technology Company and NASA. Musk has signed more than 30 contracts with a total value of $3 billion. They put a detailed map of the inside of the dragon capsule on the website for people to browse. The ultimate goal of this capsule container is to carry people between space and the earth at a relatively low cost.
On May 36, 2002, the "Dragon" capsule of Musk's subsidiary Space Exploration Technology Company successfully docked with the International Space Station and returned to Earth, which opened the era of private space transportation. Only four countries in the world have mastered the technology of launching and recycling spacecraft: the United States, the Russian Federation, China and elon musk. 201410/6 in the morning, SolarCity, the largest civil solar panel installer in the United States, announced on Wednesday that it will issue 200 million US dollars of solar bonds and will specially design an investment website to purchase these bonds. SolarCity has issued three private solar bonds in the past year, and the company said that this is the first time they have publicly issued such bonds in the United States.
SolarCity is supported by Tesla founder elon musk. The company is open to retail investors, and the minimum purchase amount is only $65,438+0,000. SolarCity has always relied on large investors such as Google and United Bank of America, who can get federal tax breaks by investing in solar systems.
Tim Newell, vice president of SolarCity financial products, said: "This gives us an opportunity to expand the scope of investors."
The term of the bonds issued this time is 1 to 7 years, and the highest interest rate is 4%. Raymond James, an analyst at Pavel Molchanov, an American investment bank, said: "The demand for bonds will be very strong, and many retail investors like yield-oriented securities-including stocks and bonds." SolarCity will use the monthly fees paid by its users to repay the debt. The company's users will also install solar panels on the roof, but they don't need to pay in advance, just pay according to the monthly electricity consumption.
"We expect to continue to issue bonds in the future, which is only the first step." Newell added that the company expected to launch other financial products. A few days ago, the company just launched a financial product, allowing its users to borrow money to buy civil solar systems. Affected by the overall decline in the US stock market, SolarCity shares fell 3% on Wednesday to close at 48. 19 USD.