Musk started SpaceX after Russian rocket designer spat on his shoe: Book

The world's richest man Elon Musk was inspired to start his spacecraft manufacturing company SpaceX after a Russian rocket designer spat on his shoe, former Deputy Administrator of NASA, Lori Garver, claimed in her new book. "This act so completely offended Elon that he decided...he would start his own rocket company to compete with them," Garver wrote in her book.