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Using $100 million of the money he made from the sale of PayPal, Musk founded SpaceX, a spaceflight services company, in 2002. In 2004, Musk was an early investor in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (later Tesla, Inc.), providing most of the initial financing and assuming the position of the company's chairman.
Entry to SpaceX's headquarters, showing the Dragon capsule used in the COTS Demo Flight 1, a Falcon 9's landing leg and the glassy control room. This is a corporate history of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk.
SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. [9] SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space launches, paving the way to a sustainable colony on Mars.
After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at NASA’s request, to do 3 years of random drug testing. ... Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it was valued at about $350 billion during the latest ...
Founded in 2002, SpaceX has deep ties to Los Angeles. In 2007, it moved into a former Northrop Corp. facility off Crenshaw Boulevard that it has rapidly expanded.
"No rocket before this has had the potential to extend life to another planet," Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002 for this very purpose, said in April. Musk isn't the only one. Musk isn't the only one.
That same year, Musk co-founded X.com, a direct bank. X.com merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal. In 2002, Musk acquired United States citizenship, and that October eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion. Using $100 million of the money he made from the sale of PayPal, Musk founded SpaceX, a spaceflight services company, in 2002.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station yesterday, safely splashing down at 12:22 p.m. Pacific time about 250 miles off