Sure, let’s smoosh SpaceX and Tesla together, who cares

What happened

The degree to which you find this merger compelling likely has to do with the degree to which you believe Elon Musk about wanting to go to Mars, or "spread the light of consciousness," as he put it in this week's SpaceX earnings call (and earlier S-1). SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, founded in 2002. Tesla is an automotive and solar company based in Palo Alto, founded in 2003.