In Russia, he was offered $ 8 million which was the total cost of a rocket. But “Elon Musk” said, this price is too expensive to travel to Mars.
“Elon Musk” came back disappointed as he talked about reducing $ 8 million so his project was rejected.
Then he started studies related to rockets, as he had decided to make rockets on his own.
After the establishment of “SpaceX”, he worked most on rocket making at a low price, so he started making 85% of rocket related equipment in his own company.
To reduce costs, he worked on re-using any rocket, and later “Elon Musk” also succeeded.
On 25 May 2012, “SpaceX” became the first private company in history to send a spacecraft to the space station.
In any country, a private company is not a participant in space exploration. Everywhere, only the government officials of their country participate. But after 2002, this thought changed, “Elon Musk” changed the history by establishing “SpaceX” and said that now private companies can also participate in space exploration.