“Even before Donald Trump was re-elected, his best-known backer, Elon Musk, had come to him with a request for his presidential transition,” the New York Times reports. “He wanted Mr. Trump to hire some employees from Mr. Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, as top government officials — including at the Defense Department.” “That request, which would seed SpaceX employees into an agency that is one of its biggest customers, is a sign of the benefits that Mr.