6 things to know as Musk boldly reveals deep-space strategy with largest rockets ever built

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Thursday that the 15-year-old rocket maker will soon switch gears to focus entirely on a new deep-space rocket and will no longer produce its current repertoire of space-going systems.
The announcement comes as the Hawthorne-based company prepares for the first launch later this year of its newest model, the 5-million-pound thrust Falcon Heavy, and crewed launches with NASA next year.
“I can’t think of anything more exciting than going out there an