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    THE GREATEST ADVENTURER

    Jan 08, 2019 5 minutes
    Text by KEITH GORDON
    Photographed by MIRANDA PENN TURN

    It’s easy now to think of Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the ultimate success story, given the live broadcasts of its rockets soaring into space before landing softly back on terra firma minutes later. After all, there are few harder tasks for a startup than breaking into an established industry full of enormous, well-connected companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and requiring huge amounts of capital investment in research and development before any return can be expected.

    With each successive launch seemingly pushing SpaceX’s capabilities further and further, it’s tempting to forget how hard it’s been for the company to not only thrive but even survive. Yet are we really surprised by SpaceX’s willingness to fight the status quo and upend conventional wisdom when we

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