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Elon Musk founded SpaceX after being rejected by the Russian space industry — if you can’t buy it, build it (to orbit).

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Musk explored buying rockets abroad in the early 2000s, and after unsuccessful negotiations, he founded SpaceX in 2002. Within 6 years, SpaceX reached orbit with Falcon 1 (2008), and later became a leading commercial launch provider.

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