SpaceX is a company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk that designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the ultimate goal of making humanity a multiplanetary species. The presentation provides an overview of SpaceX, including its environmental factors like reusable rockets to reduce waste and research into alternative fuels. It outlines SpaceX's planning and decision making such as upcoming Dragon missions through 2022 and goals of sending humans to Mars by 2025-2027 and achieving Mars colonization by 2040. The presentation also discusses SpaceX's innovations in reusable launch modules and hydrogen-based fuels to enable cheaper space travel.