SA-born Elon Musk gets fresh challenge - lithium ion battery price
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His company SpaceX's 6bn contract is to build a spaceship carrying astronauts to the South African international space station.
Elon Musk's star rises again.
Musk has become the best in America.
A well-known innovator, founded a payment company, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, SpaceX and SolarCity to produce solar panels for families and businesses.
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He has also set up his own foundation to focus on education, clean energy and children's health.
On Tuesday, NASA awarded a contract to Boeing and SpaceX to build a spacecraft that will ship astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017.
The total value of potential contracts is $4.
Boeing 2bn and $2.
Nasa says the 6bn of SpaceX.
Musk released the second version of his company's Dragon on a dazzling night --
Press conference on May DayThe 43-year-
Old Musk lives in Los Angeles and has American, Canadian and South African citizenship.
Musk moved to Canada in his teens and then went to the United States to receive a bachelor's degree in physics and business from the University of Pennsylvania.
After graduation, Musk gave up his plans to pursue his studies at Stanford University and founded Zip2, a company that makes online publishing software for the media industry.
He's full of Zip2 30 a million years ago and he sold it to our computer maker Compaq for over $30 billion in 1999.
Next Company in Musk X
Eventually merged with online payment company PayPal, which online auction giant eBay bought for $1. 5bn in 2002.
In 2002, Musk launched SpaceX, the space exploration technology company, where he served as chief executive officer and chief technology officer with low planned developmentcost rockets.
Musk, who has invested $100 in personal wealth in SpaceX, said he wants to develop technology to Mars.
Closer to Earth, Musk launched Tesla in 2004 with the aim of promoting electric vehicles.
While Tesla produces relatively few cars, it has become a star in the industry because of strong demand and high quality.
The company's potential has attracted the interest of a large number of investors, bringing its market value to more than $30.
Tesla said earlier this month it would make the world's largest lithium
Nevada's ion battery plant as part of a plan to produce more electric vehicles at a lower price.
As part of his push for new technology, Musk announced on August that Tesla would give up the patent for the open source movement.
In August, Musk introduced the design of a super sports car.
Fast transit system, known as "Hyperloop", can carry passengers low
Near-pressure tube
Supersonic speed.
The project can connect to Los Angeles and San Francisco in 35 minutes and may be low
High-cost alternatives
A high-speed rail network program in western America.
Musk said he had no plans to build the system, but offered an "open source design" that allowed others to take risks ".
He called the system "the crossover system between Concorde aircraft, rail guns and the air hockey table.
Jon Favro, director of Iron Man, called Musk modern-
People of the Renaissance.
In an article in Time magazine, faflow said that he and actor Robert Downey Jr. created the main character in the film --
Genius billionaire Tony Stark
After Silicon Valley stars
Musk told the Times that his goal was to "participate in things that will have a significant impact on the future of humanity ".
According to Forbes magazine, Musk's net worth is $9.
Made him the richest 128 man in the world.