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Re:Tesla Roadster by esperent on Friday October 16, 2026 @03:03PM (#50122927)
> Tesla's marketing budget is something close to $0.

Come on. They literally sent a car into space.

Re:Tesla Roadster by KlutzySofa on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:05PM (#50123831)
Nobody would launch an actual payload on the initial flight, and they had to do 3 successful launches to satisfy the USAF´s NSSL requirements before they could launch very profitable payloads for them.

The Roadster was Musks personal vehicle, so Tesla didn't pay for that either.

Re:Tesla Roadster by esperent on Saturday October 17, 2026 @11:03PM (#50137519)
SpaceX had to do those, not Tesla. These claims that Tesla doesn't have a marketing budget while it's sending cars to space are themselves marketing - you're supposed to believe they don't spend money on marketing.