Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Multi-Faceted Entrepreneur Will Discuss The Future Of Human
Space Flight
Elon Musk, CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX),
will discuss the future of human spaceflight in advance of his
company's planned Nov. 30 flight to the International Space
Station, the first private mission to ISS for NASA, at a National
Press Club luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 29. SpaceX, which won a NASA
contract to replace the cargo transport function of the Space
Shuttle, develops rockets and vehicles for missions to Earth orbit
and beyond. Musk was chief engineer for Falcon 1, the first
privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach orbit, as well as
the company's Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft.
Musk also serves as CEO and Product Architect at Tesla Motors,
manufacturer of the all-electric Tesla Roadster automobile and
Model S sedan, and is the non-executive Chairman of SolarCity, a
leading provider of solar power systems in the United States.
Earlier, he co-founded Internet payment system PayPal and was the
company's Chairman and CEO.
In 2008, Esquire magazine named Musk one of the 75 most
influential people of the 21st century, and, in 2010, he was
recognized as a Living Legend in Aviation by the Kitty Hawk
Foundation. Sometimes likened to the fictional engineering genius
Tony Stark in the Iron Man comic franchise, the 40-year-old Musk
was a role model for the character in Iron Man II and made a small
cameo appearance, with the SpaceX factory also used in the
film.
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