Heh, I didn't realise Musk used to do that. I found a well written and interesting article from that period of time (2005), it's not his first announcement of

Heh, I didn't realise Musk used to do that. I found a well written and interesting article from that period of time (2005), it's not his first announcement of "BFR" but it's worth a read just to remind ourselves how far SpaceX has come. Also it has some tidbits on his roadmap for the vehicle's development: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/497/1 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/497/1 (Fairly sure he's talking about the super heavy lift, using the Merlin 2 and all) >Musk said he that while he would like to slow down the rate of growth the company has experienced since its inception over three years ago, he envisions that SpaceX could grow as large as 400-500 people, but no larger. “Companies do change once they grow beyond a certain level,” he said. “Once everyone doesn’t know everyone, the company becomes slightly different.” SpaceX now has more than 1800 employees.