SpaceX

On the eve of SpaceX's historic scheduled launch of its first
human spaceflight mission — both the first ever by a private
company, and the first to take place on American soil in nearly a
decade — we tell the incredible story of its rise from ragtag
rocket jocks to the most disruptive and advanced force in
aerospace today. While much of the Musk spotlight has shone on
Tesla in recent years, is SpaceX actually the company that will
have the greatest impact on our world's future, and perhaps even
other worlds beyond? All of a sudden that idea seems a little
less crazy... 





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Links:


The Tesla episode:
https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/season-3-episode-1tesla

The Ascend Conference: https://www.ascend.events



Carveouts:


David: The Last Dance:
 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28973557/the-last-dance-updates-untold-story-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls

Ben: Michael Mauboussin on the Success Equation:
https://youtu.be/1JLfqBsX5Lc



Sources:


Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance:
 https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X

https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_SpaceX


 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/spacex-historic-falcon-9-re-flight-ses-10/

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/economics

https://www.space.com/40547-spacex-rocket-evolution.html


 https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cantrell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mueller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Act_Agreement

https://www.spacex.com/mission/


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