In February 2002 the group returned to Russia, this time bringing Mike Griffin, who had worked for the CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel,' according to the excerpt on Bloomberg. Musk was now looking for not one but three missiles and had a briefcase full of cash, too.
Musk asked point-blank how much a missile would cost.
'Eight million dollars each, they said. Musk countered, offering $8 million for two. 'They sat there and looked at him,' Cantrell said. 'And said something like, 'Young boy. No.'
Musk stormed out of that meeting, and on the plane home began devising a plan to create his own rockets."
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