WHEN the end of the Kardashian TV series was announced, Elon Musk was probably the last person you thought would be getting a TV show.<\/p>\n
However, a new SpaceX series is in the works at HBO and it will tell the origin story of the company and its famous CEO.<\/p>\n
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In a slightly more unusual turn of events, Magic Mike starChanning Tatum will be an executive producer of the series.<\/p>\n
It will show how Musk set up the company and his plans for space.<\/p>\n
The series will be largely based on the book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Futureby Ashlee Vance.<\/p>\n
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will simply be called 'SpaceX' and will follow Musk as he \"pursues his lifelong dream of making humanity a multi-planetary species\".<\/p>\n
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Viewers should expect to see how Musk chose a team of rocket engineers and all the SpaceX attempts to get a rocket successfully off the ground and back.<\/p>\n
We'll see the origin of theFalcon 9 rocket that went all the way to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
Musk isn't said to be directly involved in this project.<\/p>\n
However, he and SpaceX are thought to be working with Tom Cruise to film a movie in space.<\/p>\n
That project is predicted to set Musk back at least $200 million (153 million).<\/p>\n
Who is Elon Musk?<\/p>\n
Here's what you need to know...<\/p>\n
Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1971.<\/p>\n
As a 12-year-old child he taught himself computer programming and sold the code of a video game to a PC magazine for $500 (300).<\/p>\n
At 17, he moved to Canada to study, before gaining two degrees in physics and business at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
At the age of 24 he moved to California to start a Ph.D. in applied physics and material science at Stanford University - but left the programme after just two days to pursue other projects.<\/p>\n
Now 48, he is the founder and CEO ofSpaceX, co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, co-founder and chairman of SolarCity, co-chairman of Opan AI, co-founder of Zip2 and founder of X.com, which merged with PayPal.<\/p>\n
He's also working on a human brain chip project called Neuralink.<\/p>\n
His stated aim is to reduce global warming and save humans from extinction by setting up a colony on Mars.<\/p>\n
The billionaire inventor is also working on the world's largest lithium-ion battery to store renewable energy.<\/p>\n
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ElonMusk's Tesla Roadsterrecently passed the Red Planet after he blasted it into space back in 2018.<\/p>\n
And, Musk wants to send humans to Marsas early as 2024 aboard one of the huge rockets.<\/p>\n
What are your thoughts on the SpaceX TV series? Let us know in the comments...<\/p>\n
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