PayPal founder Musk space business to create freight services

Beijing Time May 28 news, according to foreign media reports, after the success of the internet industry, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ellen Masc (Elon Musk) has focused on space exploration. This week, the US space exploration technology company, created by Musk, Exploration Technologies Corp., the "Falcon 9th" (Falcon 9) rocket, unveiled a new chapter in outer space exploration.

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Ellen Masc, a 40-year-old Elon Musk, is the founder and CEO of the Space Exploration Technology company, Exploration Technologies Corp. In the early morning of May 22 local time, the "Falcon 9th" (Falcon 9) rocket, developed by SpaceX, was launched successfully in Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida, Canaveral Air Force redevelop, USA. A number of media cameras recorded the launch of the rocket's grand scene, while Musk in California's SpaceX mission control center through the large screen to witness this historic moment.

In recent years, as the US government has been slashing its investment budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Aeronautics and Aerospace Administration, NASA), SpaceX, a private aviation exploration company created by Musk in 2002, Gradually provoked the arduous task of American outer Space exploration.

In recent years, SpaceX has launched three "Falcon" series rockets, but the result is not the explosion after liftoff, or failed to launch, all failed. After one of the Rockets failed, musk a six-hour video game to calm himself down in order to accept the brutal reality, according to a friend of the Basque.

In order to realize his dream of space exploration, Musk personally invested 100 million of dollars in the program. This week's "Falcon 9th" launch was the last attempt by Musk, after a few previous failures. According to Forbes magazine, Musk's personal assets are about $2 billion trillion.

But this time Musk finally succeeded, at least so far. According to the plan, "Falcon 9th" rockets will send the "dragon" spacecraft laden with food, clothing and other supplies to Earth to book orbit, and if all goes well, and the "dragon" spacecraft can pass a series of flight tests, the spacecraft will be in line with the International Space Station this weekend. Dragon The space station astronauts will then unload supplies and return unwanted cargo and rubbish back to Earth via the "dragon" spacecraft.

If the "Dragon" spacecraft returned successfully, it would be the first spacecraft to be built privately and successfully connected to the International Space Station. After its establishment, SpaceX signed a 1.6 billion dollar contract with NASA to provide a "cargo transport" service between the Earth and the International Space Station. Upon completion of all test projects, SpaceX will formally commence the implementation of the terms of the agreement signed by both parties. According to the agreement, in the next few years, SpaceX will need to carry out 12 more rocket launches, for the space station astronauts to carry supplies. NASA has completely eliminated its own space shuttle since last year.

After the rocket's launch, Musk said that all the company's employees were as excited as "winning the Super Bowl Championship", noting that the mission would "unveil a new chapter in Outer space exploration". For from now on, the private sector will play an important role in the field of space exploration, as is the case with government agencies, and it may even be possible to completely replace government agencies in this field in the future.

"This is very similar to the development of the internet age," Musk said. In the middle of the 90, commercial enterprises took the lead in the Internet industry pioneered by the government, which greatly boosted the pace of technological innovation and allowed the Internet to spread rapidly around the world. I think that outer space exploration is now at the inflection point of technological innovation. ”

Musk on the Internet, when he was a teenager, he left his native South Africa and traveled from Canada to the United States. Musk has a university degree in physics and economics in the United States, and has founded and sold two companies in Zip2 and X.com after settling in California. ZIP2 mainly provides publishing software services to news organizations, and X.com later merged with Confinity to form PayPal, an online payment service provider.

After the success of the Internet industry, Musk shifted his focus to clean energy and space exploration, two of his most interesting areas. He has been involved in the creation of Tesla Motor Company (Tesla Motors) and has been working as an electric car design for the consumer market. At present, Musk is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX two companies.

His colleagues have different evaluations of Musk's management style.

In PayPal, many colleagues who have experienced the x.com and Confinity merger events believe that Musk is very good at stabilizing the company situation and ensuring that it runs more smoothly. PayPal's first COO David Sex (David Sacks) said: "For the future development of PayPal, Musk very far-sighted." He had expected PayPal to become a large enterprise that dominates the global business. ”

For Musk's work style, Sykes also put forward different views. "Everything depends on how Musk evaluates you," he says. For work, he either thinks you're doing a good job, or thinks you're behaving badly, and never has a moderate view. If he thinks you're not doing well, it's dangerous. ”

Musk was forced to resign after only seven months as CEO of PayPal. After many years, musk his contribution to PayPal and his identity as a co-founder of PayPal. In a dispute over Stella's founder, Musk was sued by the company's former CEO, Martin Eberhard, for libel. The case eventually reached a settlement and identified five people as co-founder of the Tesla Motor Company, including Eilhard and Matt.

Musk's personal life is also very tortuous. He had two marriages and agreed to end a second marriage this year. He had five children with his first wife, Justin Justine Musk. Justin recalls: "Musk once said to me, ' If you were my employee, you'd be fired immediately." ’”

Despite being CEO of two companies, Musk often stays with five children and does not forget to set aside leisure time. He has participated in the annual Burning Man Summer Carnival in the Nevada State desert region. At the carnival, the participants danced through the sleepless nights.

Last year, when celebrating his 40 birthday, Musk invited more than 10 friends to a party in Paris. They arrived in Venice, Italy, on the Orient Express, where they held a very grand masquerade.