Patti Grace Smith, Champion of Private Space Travel, Dies at 68, NY Times “In an email, Elon Musk, the PayPal and Tesla entrepreneur who founded SpaceX, a company that has developed launch vehicles, wrote that Ms. Smith had “helped lay the foundations for a new era in American spaceflight.” “We are closer to becoming a multiplanet species because of her efforts,” he added.” Keith’s note: There was a time when […]