Elon Musk drifted from Larry Page over a decade ago, but their companies are closer than ever

SpaceX founder Elon Musk jumps for joy at a gathering after NASA commercial crew astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken blast off aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, bound for the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 30, 2020. Jonathan Newton | The Washington Post | Getty Images In Elon Musk's telling of the story, his friendship with Google co-founder Larry Page soured in June 2015, at the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's 44th birthday party. …