American aerospace engineer and consultant who accompanied Elon Musk on his 2001–2002 trips to Russia attempting to buy decommissioned ICBMs for a Mars mission — experiences that convinced Musk to found SpaceX instead.
Provided Musk's initial rocket education — lending textbooks from his personal library — and accompanied him on the Russia trips that demonstrated the impossibility of buying existing rockets affordably, catalyzing Musk's decision to build SpaceX.
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