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#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works

Founders by David Senra

May 16, 202649:39Business

Kelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, which he defined as: “A concentration of a few good people solving problems far in...

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#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works is an episode from Founders by David Senra. Kelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, which he defined as: “A co...

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