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esperent • yesterday at 7:03 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Tesla's marketing budget is something close to $0.

Come on. They literally sent a car into space.


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KlutzySofa • yesterday at 8:05 PM

Nobody would launch an actual payload on the initial flight, and they had to do 3 successful launches to satisfy the USAF´s NSSL requirements before they could launch very profitable payloads for them.

The Roadster was Musks personal vehicle, so Tesla didn't pay for that either.