Leila Abboud & Tim Culpan, Columnists

Riding a Rocket

Elon Musk may want to give the German startup factory a sympathy call.
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Elon Musk might want to give fellow billionaire Oliver Samwer a call to commiserate. Both are having problems with rockets.

Hours after Musk's SpaceX lost a rocket in a launchpad fire on Thursday, Samwer's Rocket Internet warned it will make a first-half loss of 617 million euros.