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	Elon Musk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Musk was born and grew up in South Africa, the son of a South African engineer and New York City dietitian and model.
		Musk is Chairman of the Musk Foundation, which focuses its philanthropic efforts on science education, pediatric health, and clean energy.
		Musk is a member of the Board of Directors of the Planetary Society and the Board of Trustees of The X-Prize Foundation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elon_Musk (585 words)

	SpaceX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SpaceX was founded in June 2002 by CEO/CTO Elon Musk, who had also co-founded startup companies Zip2 and PayPal, and who so far has invested in SpaceX about $100,000,000 of the fortune he gained through the sales of his two previous companies.
		According to comments made by Elon Musk at the International Space Development Conference, it appears that the next flight is currently scheduled for September 2006.
		Elon Musk indicated at the International Space Development Conference that SpaceX has sold 11 contracts for flights on the various Falcon vehicles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SpaceX (1644 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| Fast track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Musk was able to buy himself the coveted car because, at 28, he's already started and sold one Internet company -- namely, Zip2, a creator of online city guides that Compaq, the big computer maker, bought in April for a cool $307 million in cash.
		Musk almost certainly knows this, because the last time that Musk was written about at any length, he took some heat for asking Upside magazine to take his photo in a fl 1967 Jaguar.
		Musk's ego has gotten him in trouble before, and it may get him in trouble again, yet it is also part and parcel of what it means to be a hotshot entrepreneur.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/1999/08/17/elon_musk (788 words)

	USATODAY.com - Taking a cheap shot at space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Though Musk is still trying to find enough qualified employees to fully staff his company, he plans to successfully launch a rocket by the end of the year, in time for the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight.
		Musk says most rockets now are made by a few large companies such as Boeing and Orbital Sciences, which face little competition and have not had to worry about controlling costs because they were at least partially bankrolled by the U.S. government.
		Musk is aware of such risks and keeps them in mind while working with his 22 employees out of a converted factory in El Segundo, Calif., in the heart of one of the world's thickest concentrations of defense and aerospace companies.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/technology/2003-04-15-entre_x.htm (1201 words)

	Wharton Alumni Magazine, Winter 2003 - Wharton Now: Elon Musk, W'94: Planning the Next (Giant) Step
		Elon Musk, W'94, was a year from being born when Neil Armstrong took that first great leap for mankind onto the moon.
		Musk to be a sincere and interesting individual who believes that with the proper motivation, the funding can be raised to do a real Mars mission via the private sector," said Maggie Zubrin, a board member of the Mars Society.
		Musk said Mars is the more likely candidate than the other obvious alternative, the moon, to house human civilization for a number of reasons.
	www.wharton.upenn.edu /alum_mag/issues/winter2003/wharton_now_7.html (998 words)

	Hondas in Space
		In January 2002, Elon Musk was basking in the sun on a Rio de Janeiro beach.
		Musk is funding the company himself, and he has challenged his employees to do more with less.
		Musk is unquestionably the boss, and there are seven vice presidents, all of whom are hands-on specialists in things such as propulsion or avionics.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/91/honda.html (3195 words)

	FindLaw - Separation Agreement and Mutual Release - PayPal Inc. and Elon Musk
		Musk agrees and acknowledges that the Vested Shares continue to be subject to the provisions of the Common Stock Agreements (except with respect to Section 3(a) thereof).
		Musk shall be released and discharged from his obligations to pay the principal and all accrued interest under the Series B Note.
		Musk may disclose the terms of this Agreement to his spouse and his accountants, tax advisors or preparers, each of whom shall be required to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement.
	contracts.corporate.findlaw.com /agreements/paypal/musk.emp.2001.05.04.html (3074 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| Fast track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Musk's public presence may grow exponentially in the next few months because the company that bears the cryptic X.com moniker is almost overwhelming in its ambitions.
		Musk's plans would probably be dismissed as a pipe dream if his venture was not being funded by one of the few really big names among technology investors.
		On the corporate report card, Musk's grade for "plays well with others" would have been a solid F. For a senior executive at a multimillion-dollar company, boardroom maneuvering is what management consultants might call "a core competency," and Musk seems to have indicated a definite lack of talent.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/1999/08/17/elon_musk/print.html (2623 words)

	A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before - New York Times
		Elon Musk, who made his millions by building and selling PayPal, aims to build and launch rockets to take people and other payloads into orbit and to the moon.
		Musk says he was drawn to the project not only because he has long been fascinated by space — he has a degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania — but also because he sees a market opportunity in America's declining share of the world's satellite-launching business.
		Musk says he wants to develop an all-American option that will be price-competitive and break the duopoly of Lockheed and Boeing on contracts with the federal government.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/05rocket.html?ex=1225515600&en=21cdce6556307a7a&ei=5035&partner=MARKETWATCH (909 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mogul aims for economical gateway to space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk is on the cell phone at the edge of the Great Prairie in Texas, and he's talking about a revolution in the space launch industry, one he intends to bring to Cape Canaveral by the end of next year.
		Musk aims to capture a share of a commercial industry that generates an estimated $4 billion in annual revenue.
		Its roots are attached to Musk's belief that space exploration is critical to the survival of the human species, and that there ought to be hotels in orbit, colonies on the moon and expeditions flying to Mars by now.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2005-02-01-mogul-rocket_x.htm?csp=34 (986 words)

	Elon Musk Biography - Who We Are \| The Planetary Society
		Elon Musk, founder of three companies, joined The Planetary Society’s Board of Directors in 2003.
		Musk was the largest shareholder of PayPal until the company was acquired by eBay in 2002.
		Musk's background extends across a spectrum of advanced technology industries, from high energy density ultra-capacitors at Pinnacle Research to software development at Rocket Science and Microsoft.
	www.planetary.org /about/elon_musk.html (218 words)

	Dispatches from the Final Frontier: SpaceX prelaunch conference
		Musk qualifies that by saying that's when the "launch attempt" will be.
		Musk: The Falcon 1 is the first all-new hydrocarbon rocket developed in the U.S. in 40 years.
		Musk: The expansion of life on earth to other places is arguably the most important thing to happen to life on earth, if it happens.
	michaelbelfiore.com /blog/2005/11/spacex-prelaunch-conference.html (1482 words)

	Entrepreneurs engage in rocket-fueled competition
		Musk recently had hired away at least two of Wertz's employees and three or four others who had just left Wertz's firm or were considering an offer from him.
		Musk says he is ready to spend another $100 million from his own pocket if he can't find enough outside funding.
		Musk and Cantrell were especially interested in the SS-18, a large two-stage rocket the Soviet Union used to aim at the United States and its allies during the Cold War.
	www.dailybreeze.com /business/articles/2087762.html?showAll=y&c=y (2817 words)

	The Space Review: "The rocket business is a tough business"
		Musk, speaking at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles on May 4, acknowledged that the launch industry is, well, rocket science.
		Musk offered few new details about the failure, which is still under investigation by a government-chartered team, other than to say that the problem was traced back to “an on-pad processing error on the part of a couple technicians on the day before launch.”
		Musk noted that the company was cash-flow positive in the fourth quarter of last year and expects to maintain that status for 2006.
	www.thespacereview.com /article/622/1 (1234 words)

	Entrepreneur Tries His Midas Touch in Space;
		Now, the tall, soft-spoken Musk is on to his third major venture, risking much of his fortune -- along with his reputation as an entrepreneur with a golden touch -- by setting his sights once again on space.
		Musk, who last year moved from Northern California to the aerospace hub of the Southland, is bankrolling an upstart rocket maker in El Segundo called Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX for short, with a commitment of $50 million.
		Musk said he and his team are holding down costs on the Falcon project by sweating every expense line -- which starts with keeping the design and technology basic.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2003/030422-space01.htm (1946 words)

	Elon Musk: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Elon Musk (born: 1971, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Musk is a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society The Planetary Society quick summary:
		Musk is a member of the Board of Trustees of The X-Prize Foundation X PRIZE Foundation quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/elon_musk.htm (757 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Airlines & aerospace
		Elon Musk, shown at the SpaceX manufacturing plant in January, made his fortune by founding and then selling PayPal to eBay.
		Musk is the same man who's challenging Lockheed Martin and Boeing's joint rocket venture in the courtroom, saying it would run afoul of U.S. antitrust laws.
		Musk has spent about $100 million of his own fortune on SpaceX, as the upstart venture is called.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/airlines/article/0,2777,DRMN_23912_4599351,00.html (572 words)

	Carte Blanche
		Extraordinary words for a down-to-earth young man. His name is Elon Musk and he is the small guy throwing punches at the big guys, and the picture on his wall says it all.
		Elon: “I think the reason it’s cheaper is, first of all, we are a private entity and we have a very lean system in here.
		Elon’s motivation is very different to that of another dot-commer, Mark Shuttleworth, and his space ventures.
	www.carteblanche.co.za /Display/Display.asp?Id=2879 (2158 words)

	The Space Show hosted by: Dr. David Livingston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Elon Musk is the CEO of his new company, SpaceX.
		Elon Musk's SpaceX is the third company founded that he has founded.
		Musk currently sits on the X Prize Board of Trustees, the National Academies Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Board, and he is a voting member of COMSTAC.
	www.thespaceshow.com /detail.asp?q=119 (492 words)

	EVERYMONDAY: SpaceX to Utilize Authority’s Launch Complex
		Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), addressed the Florida Space Authority’s Board of Supervisors, chaired by Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, at its recent quarterly meeting.
		The Falcon is a two stage, liquid oxygen and kerosene-powered rocket capable of placing half a ton into low Earth orbit in the basic configuration and one and a half tons with strap-on liquid boosters.
		Musk, who co-founded the popular online payment service, PayPal(TM), and enterprise software company Zip2 Corp., founded SpaceX in June 2002 with the goal of developing launch vehicles that will set new benchmarks for reliable and low-cost access to space.
	www.imakenews.com /orcc/e_article000164735.cfm (365 words)

	X PRIZE Foundation \| Board of Trustees
		Elon is the CEO and Chief Technology Officer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) which is developing a family of launch vehicles intended to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten.
		Musk was the largest shareholder of PayPal until the company was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion in October 2002.
		Musk's early experience extends across a spectrum of advanced technology industries, from high energy density ultra-capacitors at Pinnacle Research to software development at Rocket Science and Microsoft.
	www.xprizefoundation.com /about_us/boardMusk.asp (334 words)

	Wired News: Net Maverick Sets Sights on Space
		Musk says he's plowing "several tens of millions" into the venture, although he plans to raise up to another $100 million -- perhaps as soon as next year -- to finance development of an even bigger launch vehicle.
		By his own admission, Musk is making some grandiose claims -- among them that he will cut the cost of launching up to 1,000 pounds of payload into near-Earth orbit by up to two-thirds, and that he can buck the dismal success rate of space-launch startups.
		Musk is pricing the launch of a one-ton payload aboard the Falcon at the bargain-basement rate of $6 million -- and says that he'll still make a profit.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,58493,00.html (775 words)

	Your Daily Briefing Of Satellite
		Those elected are: Larry Page, co-founder and president of Google, Inc.; Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and co-founder and CEO of PayPal; and Jack Bader, CEO of NetEffects, Inc. and a St. Louis business leader.
		Elon Musk is founder and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), an orbital rocket company he created in 2002 to improve the cost and reliability of access to space by a factor of ten.
		Musk co-founded PayPal, the world's leading electronic payment system, which was sold to eBay in 2002, and Zip2, which was sold to Compaq in 1999.
	www.satnews.com /stories2005/082.htm (250 words)

	Cyberpunks.Org - Technology, Privacy, Security, and the Future
		Musk said he strongly believes that all three criteria are met by Space Exploration Technologies (Space X for short), the company he started in June to build the Falcon.
		While Musk said he is not the company’s sole backer, he said he is prepared to fund the development of the Falcon LV entirely out of his own pocket if he has to.
		Musk and his team have been making the rounds of official Washington in recent months, meeting with potential customers at NASA and getting up to speed on the regulatory hurdles they will encounter.
	www.cyberpunks.org /display/879/article (1794 words)

	HobbySpace - An Interview with Elon Musk
		Then in mid-2002 there came the surprising news that Elon Musk had started a company to develop a two stage partially reusable launcher that would begin flying within just a couple of years.
		Musk: Our original target was at least 1000lbs to nominal reference orbit (200km, 28.5, circular), but we had a very big sandbag in there.
		Musk: There are a large number of small design changes needed to make all the parts salt water and impact resistant.
	www.hobbyspace.com /AAdmin/archive/Interviews/Systems/ElonMusk.html (2742 words)

	Virginia Tech News -- Story
		Musk’s company also is planning launches in the future of Falcon 5 and Falcon 9, rockets designed to carry medium- and large-sized satellites and manned spaceflight.
		Musk earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a business degree from the university’s Wharton School.
		Musk’s lecture is sponsored by Performance Associates Inc., a firm owned by Pat Artis, a graduate of Virginia Tech’s Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, and his wife, Nancy.
	www.vtnews.vt.edu /story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=70 (320 words)

	The Space Review: Big plans for SpaceX
		Musk described this as an effort to be the “Southwest Airlines of space”: just as that low-cost carrier flies Boeing 737 jets exclusively, using Merlin engines throughout the Falcon family offers significant cost savings.
		Musk said that he hopes that with a successful flight of the Falcon 1 he will be able to raise an outside round of investment on the order of $50–100 million by early next year.
		Musk is not in a rush to take the company public because of the “overhead” associated with it, based on his experience with PayPal.
	thespacereview.com /article/497/1 (1470 words)

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