A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off, its orange plume glowing bright, about 12 miles due north up the Banana River. Starlink, of course, is another Musk space venture that dominates its competitors. It’s hard to quantify, even with those numbers, the geopolitical power that Musk now commands by way of his two space businesses. SpaceX’s Dragon is currently America’s only way to get humans into space, as Musk reminded his onetime ally Donald Trump when the president threatened Musk’s government contracts. It’s hard to quantify, even with those numbers, the geopolitical power that Musk now commands by way of his two space businesses.