Elon Musk and SpaceX - worthy of emulation

Elon Musk, the man behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and the HyperLoop concept has yet another reason to celebrate with the successful launch of the next generation Falcon 9 rocket. As a secondary goal, the SpaceX team had huge aspirations of having the booster stage safely return to earth for reuse. While this portion of the mission failed, SpaceX seems tantalizingly close to drastically reducing the cost to reach orbit with recyclable rockets. In an age of waning American dominance in innovation, Musk and SpaceX typify the bold thinking and solid engineering that needs to prevail in the years to come. Wherever I go in my career, I hope to be a part of organizations driven by ideas that truly have the possibility to transform society and not just turn a profit.