SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space travel costs to enable colonization of Mars. It has developed reusable Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon spacecraft, and plans future vehicles like the Mars Colonial Transporter. Financially, SpaceX has raised over $1 billion from investors and is currently valued at $10 billion. While reusable rockets have shown promise, the first live landing attempt failed. SpaceX aims to provide low-cost internet access worldwide via a satellite constellation. It faces competition from companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin but has an advantage due to lower costs and faster development. The author predicts SpaceX will help land humans on Mars by 2025-2030.

1. Report by Prateek Sachdeva

2. PRODUCTS
• LaunchVehicles (Falcon
Series)
• Dragon Spacecraft
• Mars Colonial
Transporter (MCT)
• Satellites (2015)

3. FINANCIAL HISTORY
• Seed Round: $100M by March 1, 2006 (Elon Musk)
• Series A - D: $145.4M between August, 2008 and
December, 2012 (Investors include DFJ, Founders Fund)
• Series E: $1 Billion on January 20, 2015 by Google, DFJ
and others
• Current valuation is around $10 Billion. IPO expected
around 2020.

4. THE STORY
• Founded in June 2002 by Elon Musk
• Goal is to reduce space travel costs
enough to enable colonization of
Mars
• Primary method of achieving this is
reusable rockets!
• Current revenue comes from
NASA and commercial projects

5. WHAT’S HOT?
• Reusable rockets
• Reduces cost by 10-fold
• Trials were successful;
first live attempt was
not

6. SECRETTO SUCCESS
• Elon Musk.
• Speed: SpaceX has been first
to market in many areas
• Opportunist:Take advantage
of an unsaturated market and
do it early (2002 for SpaceX)
• Also, Elon Musk.

7. INTERNET IN SPACE
• Unfettered and low-cost Internet access for the masses
• Constellation of 700 light-weight satellites
• Musk wants to do it now so that it’s ready in time for
Mars
• Google invested in a $1 billion round
• SpaceX is also opening a Seattle office for this

8. COMPETITION
• Arianespace (French)
• Boeing
• Lockheed Martin
• SpaceX vs. United Launch Alliance (not
afraid to fight)
• SpaceX has been responding well to
competition due to lower costs and
faster turn-around

9. MY PREDICTION
• SpaceX will persevere
• They’re futurists and understand
the need for cost reduction in
order to make long-term space
exploration a reality
• We’ll be on Mars by 2025-2030
and SpaceX will play an
important role in that

10. THANKYOU
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