However, a closer read of Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography of Musk provided a clue, and apparent confirmation. In Chapter 6, Isaacson writes that Elon, shortly after arriving in Canada in 1989, interned in Microsoft’s Toronto office — a detail that supports Nadella’s statement, though it hasn’t been widely discussed elsewhere.

SpaceX, which Elon Musk founded in El Segundo, California, in 2002, launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday night - only for it to explode and fall to bits

After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.

Elon Musk said his stint in Washington taught him that “the federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized.”

The Starship blasted off from SpaceX's launch site, Starbase, Texas, where residents voted this month to organize as an official city.