SpaceX plans to lay off 10 per cent of its workforce

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SpaceX currently has more than 6,000 employees in its workforce - soon to be reduced by around 600

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX is planning to cut about 10 per cent of its workforce.  The cuts were cited in an email to staff by the company's president, Gwynne Shotwell, and revealed in a ...

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