Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in a two-man space race – who will win? Nick Rufford from The Sunday Times The modern space race: Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are engaged in an extraterrestrial rivalry. Illustration: Mario Riviera
The stairway to the heavens starts in Texas. In 2003, a young Elon Musk was scouting for a suitable location to fulfil his dream of becoming a space pioneer. A year earlier, he had started Space Exploration Technologies Corp - SpaceX for short - with the aim of building rockets and one day sending humans to the moon, or even Mars.
First, though, he had to find somewhere to carry out the noisy and dangerous job of rocket testing. The wide open spaces of freewheeling Texas, where folk are more relaxed about firearms and explosives, provided the perfect solution. There, amid the rattlesnakes and fire ants and searing heat, Musk set to work.
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