SPACE-SPACEX/(01 of09)
Open Image ModalSpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. Space Exploration Technologies announced April 27, 2016, it will send uncrewed Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018, a first step in company founder Elon Musk\'s goal to fly people to another planet. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:Mario Anzuoni / Reuters)
SOLARCITY-PANEL/(02 of09)
Open Image ModalElon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCityÃs Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York October 2, 2015. SolarCity on Friday said it had built a solar panel that is the most efficient in the industry at transforming sunlight into electricity. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi (credit:RASHID ABBASI / Reuters)
TESLA MOTORS-SUV/(03 of09)
Open Image ModalTesla Motors CEO Elon Musk introduces the falcon wing door on the Model X electric sports-utility vehicles during a presentation in Fremont, California September 29, 2015. Tesla Motors delivered the first of its long-awaited Model X electric sports-utility vehicles on Tuesday, a product investors are counting on to make the pioneering company profitable after years of losses. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (credit:Stephen Lam / Reuters)
In Tech Artificial Intelligence Research and More(04 of09)
Open Image ModalFile - In this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conference at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. PayPal ringleaders Musk, Thiel and Reid Hoffman are joining forces with several other technology luminaries and companies to contribute $1 billion to finance a Silicon Valley research center that will dig deeper into the field of artificial intelligence, or \"machine learning.\" The nonprofit company is called OpenAI. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Elon Musk's High Speed Train Concept Company Hyperloop One Holds First Public Test Run(05 of09)
Open Image ModalNORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 11: A recovery vehicle and a test sled sit on rails after the first test of the propulsion system at the Hyperloop One Test and Safety site on May 11, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The company plans to create a fully operational hyperloop system by 2020. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images,) (credit:David Becker via Getty Images)
Tesla Powerwalls for Home Energy Storage Are Hitting U.S. Market(06 of09)
Open Image ModalA solar panel that is linked to a Tesla Motors Inc. Powerwall stands at a home in Monkton, Vermont, U.S., on Monday, May 2, 2016. A year after Elon Musk unveiled the Powerwall at Tesla Motors Inc.s design studio near Los Angeles, the first wave of residential installations has started in the U.S. The 6.4-kilowatt-hour unit stores electricity from home solar systems and provides backup in the case of a conventional outage. Photographer: Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAPAN-POLITICS/(07 of09)
Open Image ModalElon Musk (L), chief executive of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, shakes hands with Japan\'s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a courtesy call at the latter\'s official residence in Tokyo September 9, 2014.\n REUTERS/Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT) (credit:POOL New / Reuters)
OSCARS/(08 of09)
Open Image ModalChief Executive of SpaceX and Tesla Motors Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS)(OSCARS-PARTIES) (credit:Danny Moloshok / Reuters)
USA/SPACEX(09 of09)
Open Image ModalA SpaceX upgraded Falcon 9 rocket undergoes launch preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California September 27, 2013. Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies plans to test an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from a site in California as part of its push into the satellite launch market. Perched on top of the 22-story, beefed-up Falcon 9 will be Canadaâs Cassiope science satellite. Liftoff is targeted for 9 a.m. PDT (1600 GMT). \nâThis is essentially a development flight for the rocket,â company founder and chief executive Elon Musk told Reuters. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) (credit:Gene Blevins / Reuters)