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Musk recalls 2012 60 Minutes remark on SpaceX Falcon 1 failures

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Elon Musk reposts a 2012 Tesla Owners SV clip of his 60 Minutes interview on X, noting it has been 14 years since the appearance.

In the clip, Musk says that if Falcon 1's fourth launch had failed, SpaceX would not have had the resources for a fifth. Falcon 1 had failed on its first three launches. The post itself makes no new claim about SpaceX's current status.

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    Musk recalls 2012 60 Minutes interview on SpaceX's early Falcon 1 failures

    AIElon Musk posts that it has been 14 years since his 60 Minutes appearance. The post is a repost of a Tesla Owners SV clip from 2012 in which Musk says that if Falcon 1's fourth launch had failed, SpaceX would not have had resources for a fifth. Falcon 1 had failed on its first three launches.

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