Elon Musk passed out in a meeting that involved shots of vodka, per his upcoming biography.
He was negotiating buying rockets in Moscow, and had partied in Paris the night before.
The SpaceX CEO told Isaacson that, before founding the company in 2002, he instead wanted to launch a mission that would inspire public interest in space exploration.
"I calculated the weight of the food and the weight of the vodka, and they were roughly equal," Musk told Isaacson.
Cantrell told Isaacson that the Russians then taunted the SpaceX founder, saying: "Oh, little boy, you don't have the money?"
Persons:
Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson's, Isaacson, Musk, Jim Cantrell, Adeo, —, Cantrell
Organizations:
Service, SpaceX, Dnepr
Locations:
Moscow, Paris, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Qatar