SpaceX and founder Elon Musk are far from where they started over a decade ago. Early failed attempts and major setbacks, some of which almost ended the company, only forged company into something more tenacious than the rest; and has brought the Hawthorne, CA-based company closer to their long-term goal of putting a human colony on Mars. In earlier years, it was safe to mock the startup as another overly ambitious stunt, much like Tesla and SolarCity was before electric […]