He learns, too late, that this is 2000, not 1990, that now talent is scarce and startup money is flush.

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In barely 12 years, Mr. Musk has transformed SpaceX from a tiny, little-known startup with offices close to a strip mall into a world-class aerospace company that made history in late 2010 by sending the first commercially owned and operated spacecraft into orbit.

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