#SpaceX began after Elon went to Russia hoping to buy an ICBM to send a greenhouse to Mars. The Russians laughed at him -- according to legend, one spat on his shoes. He was so mad, he decided to start his own rocket company.
22 years later, Elon and #Putin are best buddies, and Elon is Vader to the #Trump Palpatine.
What if the Russians had said yes and sold him an ICBM?
History turned on that moment.