Elon Musk/SpaceX; Business Insider
When tech mogul Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, the rocket company "basically consisted of carpet and a mariachi band," Musk said in September 2016. "That was it."
Today, SpaceX employs hundreds of people all over the US and has expanded its size, scope, and prowess with increasing revenues from government and private contracts. The company's ballooning expertise culminated in the first-ever full reuse of an orbital rocket booster — the most expensive part of the rocket — on Thursday. Читать дальше...