'I was employee number one': SpaceX co-founder reacts to firm's market debut

The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company's founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Archive photo of Tom Mueller (left) and Elon Musk (right). 'I was employee number one': SpaceX co-founder reacts to firm's market debut Tom Mueller was the first employee at SpaceX, a company he co-founded with Elon Musk in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, the company is about to make its public market debut, with an estimated worth of more than $1.8 trillion. The BBC's Michelle Fleury spoke to Mueller about Musk's vision. The BBC's Samira Hussain explains everything you need to know about SpaceX's historic IPO. 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