ABC News — Elon Musk on the Roadster and SpaceX
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An early mainstream TV appearance, just before SpaceX's first successful Falcon 1 launch. Musk showcased the Roadster and explained the Tesla mission to Diane Sawyer's prime-time audience. He was noticeably nervous but articulate, and the segment provided national exposure to Tesla at a critical fundraising moment. The interview is historically significant as one of the earliest mainstream TV appearances documenting the Tesla and SpaceX origin stories.
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Memorable moments
Describes his personal investment of $100M in SpaceX and $70M in Tesla as 'all the money I had' — and acknowledges both could fail.
Drives Sawyer in the Roadster, describing the torque sensation as 'like being launched in a spaceship.'
