Re:Statement by Apple
by jholman on Thursday February 07, 2013 @05:13PM
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Yeah, the market cap of SpaceX is undefined.
And since Musk owns 2/3 of the company, and seems to be a man with a mission, it's not at all clear that he'd sell to anyone.
Then again.... SpaceX was apparently built on around one billion dollars. So for $10B (Charlie's suggested figure), you have a fair shot at building a SpaceX from scratch. Start by offering to triple the salary of everyone at SpaceX if they come work for you.
Re:Statement by Apple
by duck on Thursday February 07, 2013 @05:47PM
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I doubt many folks work at SpaceX for the money, so even if it was 10x I doubt many would leave. You don't build a SpaceX from scratch unless you have someone like Musk driving it.
And since Musk owns 2/3 of the company, and seems to be a man with a mission, it's not at all clear that he'd sell to anyone.
Then again.... SpaceX was apparently built on around one billion dollars. So for $10B (Charlie's suggested figure), you have a fair shot at building a SpaceX from scratch. Start by offering to triple the salary of everyone at SpaceX if they come work for you.