The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content.

    • Also remember that Musk didn’t start any of these companies. He merely invested enough to become the face of the company. He’s only really ever started X.com, but that code was thrown out when he merged with Peter Thiel’s company.

        • He bought his way into the Mars Society and then was introduced to a whole bunch of people with real experience. Yes, he “created” SpaceX, but he did it the same way he does everything else…by throwing gobs of money at something that already exists and then having actual smart people figure out the hard stuff.