{"id":84961,"date":"2026-06-12T00:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/spacexs-first-employee-remains-on-mission-space-is-super-important\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:54:15","slug":"spacexs-first-employee-remains-on-mission-space-is-super-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/spacexs-first-employee-remains-on-mission-space-is-super-important\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX&#8217;s first employee remains on mission: &#8220;Space is super important&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s first employee and Elon Musk shared an enthusiasm for model rockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I met Elon through an amateur rocket club, and he convinced me to leave that career and come do something exciting, which was one of the best decisions I ever made,&#8221; aerospace engineer Tom Mueller told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the space exploration company&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">historic initial public offering<\/a>, Mueller also praised Musk&#8217;s abilities as an entrepreneur and mentor, saying that the billionaire founder of SpaceX, Tesla and xAI &#8220;found good talent, and he energized good talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mueller also had faith that SpaceX, which he joined in 2002, would change the history of space exploration. &#8220;We believed it and we did it. 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