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Success for American billionaire on Elon Musk's riskiest mission – The Telegraph

An American billionaire has become the first person to carry out a commercial spacewalk as part of SpaceX’s historic mission to test out its newly-designed spacesuits.
The Polaris Dawn, the riskiest mission yet by the Elon Musk-led company, began shortly after 11am BST time after an initial four-hour delay.
“It looks like a perfect world… it’s gorgeous,” exclaimed Jared Isaacman, 41, the mission commander as he ventured outside of the Crew Dragon capsule at 700km (435 miles) in […]
Success for American billionaire on Elon Musk's riskiest mission – The Telegraph

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Elon Musk on track to be world's first trillionaire – The Telegraph

SpaceX founder has net worth of $251 billion growing at a rate of 110 per cent a year, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index

Elon Musk is on track to quadruple his wealth and become the world’s first dollar trillionaire in just three years, new research suggests.
The South African-born entrepreneur, 53, who owns companies ranging from Tesla to X, formerly known as Twitter, is already ranked as the richest person in the world.
The SpaceX founder has a net worth of $251 billion […]
Elon Musk on track to be world's first trillionaire – The Telegraph