🚀 After NASA said no, he took matters into his own hands and built a billion-dollar rocket company from scratch. In 2006, a young rocket-crazy kid from New Zealand traveled to the United States to show off his experiments to NASA, hoping to come away with an internship. Instead, he was escorted off the premises, so he went home, drew a logo on a napkin and started the process of building his own space company. Now his company is launching satellites for the space agency. This story is part of a new series of features on the subject of success, Benzinga Inspire. Read the rest of the story through the link in bio. benzinga . . . . . . . #nasa #elonmusk #spacex #entrepreneurship #inspiringstories #billiondollarcompany #determination #entrepreneurmindset #PeterBeck