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Elon Musk
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Elon Musk

Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance

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Recommended by 23 sources and appears in Aerospace Engineering, Technology, and Silicon Valley.

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior. The personal tale of Musk’s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school, and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions, and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still…

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Recommended by 23 sources and appears in Aerospace Engineering, Technology, and Silicon Valley.

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