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More than 10,000 satellites are currently spinning around the globe – and there would be even more had a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket not failed in its upper stage last week, preventing the proper deployment of a batch of Starlink satellites.

Elon Musk, 49, whose company SpaceX is leading the way on private space exploration? You really would be on tenterhooks.It's a fair expectation. He reportedly asks potential employees to solve a tricky riddle during interviews at the tech firm.According to an authorised biography by Ashlee Vance, the question is designed to put people on the spot, and see what they're really made of.

Bloomberg Media is turning to some notable public figures to lead the new primetime lineup for Quicktake, the company's streaming news service. NBA All-Star Chris Paul, The Business of Fashion founder and CEO Imran Amed and NYU professor, author and podcaster Scott Galloway will each host programs for Quicktake starting later this year.

Channing Tatum is set to produce a limited series on tech boffin Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX.The actor has teamed up with bosses at HBO for the six-episode project, which focuses on Musk ahead of his rocket launch in May (2020), as he selected his team of engineers to work on a remote Pacific Island to build the first-manned SpaceX rocket, the Falcon 9.The show, written by Star Trek Beyond’s Doug Jung, is inspired by Ashlee Vance’s book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.NASA: ‘Tom Cruise will inspire new generation of scientists with first movie in space’The SpaceX mission featured a two-man astronaut team, comprised of Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who returned to earth safely on August 2, 2020.