ELON MUSK A MISSION to SAVE the WORLD Anna Crowley Redding FEIWEL AND FRIENDS New York ElonMusk_3P_RG_3.29.19.indd 3 3/29/19 6:21 PM A FEIWEL AND FRIENDS BOOK An Imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271 ELON MUSK: A MISSION TO SAVE THE WORLD. Copyright © 2019 by Anna Crowley Redding. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Our books may be purchased in bulk for promotional, educational, or business use. Please contact your local bookseller or the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at (800) 221-7945 ext. 5442 or by email at
[email protected]. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018955556 ISBN 978-1-250-31362-1 (hardcover) / ISBN 978-1-250-31363-8 (ebook) Book design by Raphael Geroni Feiwel and Friends logo designed by Filomena Tuosto First edition, 2019 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 fiercereads.com ElonMusk_3P_RG_3.29.19.indd 4 3/29/19 6:21 PM For QUINN and CROWLEY ElonMusk_3P_RG_3.29.19.indd 5 3/29/19 6:21 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 5 TAKE AWAY THE ARMOR • 1 TWO COMPANIES AND A FUNERAL • 82 Elon Reeve Musk • 4 Daydreams and Nightmares • 5 Not Your Grandma’s Car Company • 90 Maye Musk • 19 Desert • 92 Brick by Brick • 94 Chapter 2 How Do You Solve a Problem LAUNCH • 20 Like Elon? • 97 You, Too, Can Be Elon Musk for Just $1 a Day • 25 Chapter 6 America • 32 DON’T PANIC • 100 Tosca Musk • 39 Back in the Saddle • 104 Splash • 106 Chapter 3 Sun • 108 TYPING VS.