SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks in Hawthorne, Calif., on Sept. 17. SpaceX announced Friday evening that it would lay off 10 percent of its workforce. (Chris Carlson/AP)SpaceX announced Friday evening that it would lay off 10 percent of its workforce, a significant setback for the hard-charging company founded by Elon Musk. “To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based Internet, SpaceX must become a leaner company,” the company said in a statement. SpaceX was not awarded one of the contracts.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2019 00:34 UTC