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GWYNNE SHOTWELL

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Elon builds the rockets. I build the business that pays for them.

I was employee number eleven. Three failed launches later we were almost out of money. The fourth launch saved the company.

Reusable rockets were not a dream. They were a requirement. If you cannot reuse a rocket space will always be too expensive.

I closed SpaceX's first major contract — a 1.6 billion dollar deal with NASA. That was the moment we became a real company.

Starlink will connect the unconnected. Three million subscribers and counting. The internet should not be a luxury.

If you are not a little bit scared of what you are building you are not building anything important.