In 2005, three years before its first successful orbital launch, a fledgling space startup called SpaceX petitioned the US government to let it use the storied Cape Canaveral launchpad once home to the Apollo space program.
Old-school space companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin bristled at the idea and lobbied aggressively to block the deal.
Executives at those firms had a dim view of the company and resented founder Elon Musk. “He was not deferential, but brash,” writes Eric Berger in […]
How Elon Musk's SpaceX began a new 'Space Race' unlike any other
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