SpaceX investor revealed....

[docm]

SpaceX announcement here....&nbsp;<p>It's <em><strong>The Founders Fund</strong></em> venture capital group, which just happens to be headed up by former Pay Pal executives Peter Thiel, Ken Hosery and Luke Nosec as well as Sean Parker, former CEO of Napster and Facebook. </p><p>(wikipedia article on TFG here...)</p><p><strong>Investment:</strong> $20 million. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spacelifejunkie]

<p>Has Elon and Peter Thiel kissed and made up?&nbsp; Or, does money motivate these guys more than any hurt feelings?</p><p>SLJ</p>

 

[docm]

Money first, feelings later. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[DrRocket]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Money first, feelings later. <br />Posted by docm</DIV><br />&nbsp;A fool and his money are soon parted. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[docm]

As I hear it Musk has two major sources of income, The Founders Fund being the smallest.&nbsp; One of the guys from Google (can't remember which) has been virtually begging Elon to get involved in SpaceX, and last I checked those guys were worth about $15 billion each. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>