Whether you love him or loathe him, billionaire Elon Musk's future plans could impact your life in some way, but that might not have always been the case. A new Channel 4 documentary, Elon Musk: Superhero or Supervillain? has shined a light on a period in which the Tesla CEO could have died before achieving anything he set out to do.
In 2001, during his second attempt at a honeymoon, Elon contracted the most severe case of malaria that you can get. The condition, which could have proved fatal, was described as a "turning point" for Musk in the Channel 4 film, as it was the moment that he set out to make his dreams of space travel a reality.
"When he's on that near-death bed, he starts to think: what is he doing with his life? What's next? What is going to be his life ambitions and you start to see him think about space travel," one Elon Musk biographer said.
