SGA

Season 8 of 20 · 2006–2008

Four Flames

Three failures, a fourth flight that lives, and two companies that almost don't.

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The island goes quiet, then quieter, then orbits. He goes broke covering payroll. Justine leaves the myth with her voice intact. Talulah walks in. NASA's contract and a last wire save the year.

Place
Kwajalein and the brink
The work
Falcon 1, Roadster
Pressure
Bankruptcy, gravity, and pride

18 episodes available · 30:00

  1. 01Flight OneThe first rocket fails. The island goes quiet.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  2. 02The Meeting AfterNo poetry. Data. A date for the next attempt.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  3. 03Roadster HellThe car is late, expensive, and necessary.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  4. 04Credit and ControlThe founding tangle at the car company turns bitter. A bruise, not a villain origin.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  5. 05Flight TwoAnother failure. People look at the floor.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  6. 06Sleep, She SaysMaye tells him to sleep on television and off. He nods and does not.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  7. 07Cash ClocksBoth companies bleed. He puts in his own fortune.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  8. 08She Keeps Her VoiceJustine leaves the myth. He keeps the work. There is no cruelty contest.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  9. 09Flight ThreeSo close it is worse.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  10. 10Same WeekSeparation papers and a launch window share a calendar. He chooses the pad and knows the cost.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  11. 11The Distant CastleA space-agency contract could save them. It is not yet won.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  12. 12TalulahAn actress meets a man who talks about Mars and is amused, then not merely amused.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  13. 13PayrollHe covers wages while going broke. The least glamorous miracle.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  14. 14Flight FourOrbit, at last. The room breaks open. Mim denies, forever, that she cried.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  15. 15The CallThe contract lands. He sits on the factory floor.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  16. 16Last WireThe car company nearly dies the week it should be born. A restrained Christmas wire.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  17. 17Both AliveHe ends the year thinner, poorer, and still in business twice.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  18. 18The Sedan in His HeadA new car is only a sketch. He tells Gwynne they are not done being frightened.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra

Cast: Elon Musk, Mim, Gwynne Shotwell, Martin Eberhard, Justine Musk, Talulah Riley, Maye Musk, The Paper Inquisition

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