Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceXJust read it. Elon Musk The dramatic inside story of SpaceX the world's leading edge rocket company, whose charismatic and controversial founder now advises the White House SpaceX has enjoyed a miraculous decade. Less than 20 years after its founding, it boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Half a century after