Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with little more than a handful of staff, an empty office in Los Angeles, and a mariachi band.<\/p>\n
Today the rocket company employs more than 5,000 people, has received about $1.6 billion in funding, and is increasingly disrupting a storied (and expensive) space industry.<\/p>\n
SpaceX has branched out from relatively small orbital rockets to heavyweight lifters that undercut the competition four-fold.<\/p>\n
It's also developing the most expansive satellite internet network in history while pushing to build spaceships capable of sending 100 people to Mars at a time.<\/p>\n
To get that work done, though, it's investing millions in remodeling and building new facilities all over America.<\/p>\n
Here are the most important locations Musk and his army of SpaceX employees do their work to reach for the stars.<\/p>\n
This story has been updated. It was originally published at 10 a.m. EDT on April 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
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