“This is just a very basic first step. Earth and Mars will ultimately need >petabit/sec connectivity.”
The tweet archive.
15 years of Elon, fully searchable. The production archive uses Supabase as the source of truth, with 94,952 indexed tweets available in development as a full-archive fallback and a curated annotation layer for context, theory, and how major claims aged.
“Yes [@cb_doge] Starship is the only realistic path to becoming a Kardashev civilization”
“Starship is designed to carry 100 people [@peterrhague] I don't think the wider public is prepared for what a ridiculously roomy spacecraft Starship will be. Nothing like it since Skylab”
“I added “Santa Claus is riding the dinosaur” 😂 https://t.co/Ha3rsAleBs [@BoosterTribe] @elonmusk this is amazing by @grok . Yes, that was a real sign at @SpaceX”
“Simulation of first crewed flight of Falcon 9 / Dragon 2020 @NASA https://t.co/BSDPYTcVIG”
“Yes [@ElonClipsX] Elon Musk: A lot of companies are honey traps for talented engineers. Tesla and SpaceX aren't honey traps. We're demanding and you'll get a lot of shit done. “I consider one of my core responsibilities running companies to have an environment where great engineers can flourish.”
“1469 Starlink satellites active 272 moving to operational orbits Laser links activate soon”
“On empathy [@MarsUniversityX] Elon Musk: "We want to have empathy that is deep, not shallow. I strongly believe we should care about humanity and we should care about the future. But we need to have empathy that is deep, not shallow Shallow empathy is caring about criminals, but deep empathy is caring about”
“Starlink now dynamically connects to the satellite with the best connection updating 10 times a second! [@Starlink] Starlink is built to deliver reliable high-speed internet, even when a customer’s view of the sky isn’t perfect. Starlink terminals automatically switch between satellites in real time to address any degradation in the link → http://starlink.com/beam-switching”
“🚀 for all mankind 🚀 https://t.co/riHsNMQqcP [@astro_reid] @elonmusk Thank you, @elonmusk - the four of us glimpsed the red hues of Mars far in the distance as the sun slipped behind the Moon and there was zero doubt in our minds that the creative genius of our greatest minds will have us there very soon. LETS GO”
“Falcon rocket reentry from space with double sonic booms https://t.co/6DDPjcOgQH”
“True [@teslaownersSV] If you’re using Starlink, you’re not just browsing the internet, you’re funding the Mars mission”
“Falcon Heavy [@SpaceX] All systems are looking good for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the @viasat-3 F3 mission from Florida. The 85-minute window opens at 10:13 a.m. ET. Teams are keeping an eye on weather → http://spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3”
“Voting for Trump is voting for Mars! Unless we stop the slow strangulation by overregulation happening in America, we will never become a multiplanetary civilization.”
“Why is Starship made of stainless steel? This article from 5 years ago explains the reasons. Worth noting that the ship would have failed on reentry if made of aluminum or carbon fiber, as they can’t take the heat. https://t.co/QVAtv74quq https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a25953663/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-stainless-steel/”
“Video Killed the Radio Star [@PeterDiamandis] The human brain processes visual information 60,000x faster than text. Humans are visual processors, not text processors. Images hit the brain instantly. Words take work. That's why a single SpaceX launch video communicates more than a thousand-word essay—and why your slide decks”
“Looking forward to serving India with @Starlink! [@JM_Scindia] A pleasure to meet @LaurenDreyer, Vice President of @Starlink Business Operations (SpaceX) and the senior leadership team to discuss advancing satellite-based last-mile access across India. As we work to advance PM @narendramodi ji’s vision of a digitally empowered India,… https://x.com/i/web/status/1998647792512782693”
“Cool @Starlink [@SawyerMerritt] NEWS: World broadcasters in St Peter's for the papal conclave are using SpaceX's @Starlink internet service to get around the comms blackout around the Sistine Chapel. With a camera, microphone and Starlink kit, several TV crews are relying on Musk's company's internet”
“The @SpaceX Dragon is on final docking approach to @Space_Station https://t.co/RZ59ZybU8j”
“Stainless Steel Starship [@XFreeze] Everyone thought the future was carbon fiber Elon Musk looked at the physics and chose stainless steel for Starship instead Sounds insane.... until you realize stainless gets stronger at cryogenic temperatures, handles reentry heat better, and costs massively less than advanced”
“29 more Starlink satellites added to the constellation [@SpaceX] Falcon 9 delivers 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida”
“Yay! Nice work Dragon Team!”
“Falcon Heavy at the Cape https://t.co/hizfDVsU7X”
“Will we make Mars self-sustaining before civilization loses the ability to do so? That is the critical question. [@PeterDiamandis] ATLAS SHRUGGED is coming true... Read the book. Who is John Galt?”
“Moon brought us together in ‘69, Mars can do that in the future”
“Aiming for 2 launches of Starlink tonight”
“I resisted AI for too long Living in denial Now it is game on @xAI @Tesla @SpaceX [@MarioNawfal] NVIDIA'S CEO: ELON IS A SUPERHUMAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE Jensen Huang: "Just to put in perspective a supercomputer that you would build would take normally three years to plan. And then deliver the equipment it takes one year to get it all working. We're talking about 19”
“Starlink connecting schools in the Amazon”
“Live at @StarbaseTX! [@DeptofWar] LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vOGwdEPqYvJB”
“If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography”
“Congratulations Tesla & SpaceX on great 2019! You rock!! Looking forward to epic 2020 ♥️🚀🛰🚘☀️”
“Upgrades to @Starlink [@Starlink] Starlink is committed to its mission to connect the unconnected to high-speed, low-latency internet. Over the past year, as millions of new users have been added to the network, speeds and latency continue to improve → http://starlink.com/networkupdate”
“Yes, at massive volume. Maybe as high as 10,000 ships per year. [@iam_smx] SpaceX is going to produce Starships like they're Aeroplanes With a $250 million Gigabay at Starbase, the company is accelerating Starship production. The 700,000-square-foot facility is designed to manufacture up to 1,000 rockets per year.”
“That will be a glorious day for civilization! [@jeffreyweichsel] I can’t wait for humanity to set foot on Mars. It looks amazing!”
“@stevenmackeyman The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot…”
“SpaceX standard policy is to make Starlink free whenever there is a natural disaster somewhere in the world. It would not be right to profit from misfortune. [@Starlink] For those affected by the severe flooding in Indonesia, Starlink is providing free service to new and existing customers through the end of December. We’re also working with the Indonesian government to rapidly deploy terminals and restore connectivity to the hardest-hit areas on… https://x.com/i/web/status/1994474226771005571”
“That is the goal [@aerocopz] Elon Musk @elonmusk shows how his companies work for the benefit of humanity: "SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company are philanthropy. If you say philanthropy is love of humanity, they are philanthropy. Tesla is accelerating sustainable energy; this is philanthropy.”
“Dragon crew retuning from polar orbit https://t.co/74OhSMuurQ https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DXxyqMBLekxM”
“SpaceX Falcon 🚀 team is making excellent progress – aiming for 60 launches this year!”
“Congrats to the SpaceX team on achieving 96 launches in 2023!”
“Congratulations SpaceX team and the @PolarisProgram crew!!”
“Absolutely [@fermatslibrary] SpaceX's Starship has the potential to accelerate astrophysics research by decades. In this week's paper, the authors highlight Starship's substantial payload capacity (+100t) and cost-effective launch model, could allow NASA to deploy next-generation space telescopes much”
“Thinking about adding giant stainless steel dragon wings to Starship”
“Making life multiplanetary expands the scope & scale of consciousness. It also enables us to backup the biosphere, protecting all life as we know it from a calamity on Earth. Humanity is life’s steward, as no other species can transport life to Mars. We can’t let them down.”
“Yes [@teslaownersSV] “My plan is to use the money to get humanity to Mars and preserve the light of consciousness.” Elon Musk”
“Indeed, it was *because* I was not from the aerospace industry that SpaceX made such radical breakthroughs. Same for Tesla. Those in the industry would have if they could have. [@ray4tesla] In this 2015 interview, the host — a Tsinghua University professor — expressed genuine curiosity about how Elon Musk was able to found SpaceX without prior experience and knowledge in aerospace, especially given that rocket science is one of the most demanding hard sciences — and”
“Due to continued design improvements, this Falcon 9 carried its highest ever payload of 17.5 tons of useful load to a useful orbit”
“SpaceX will launch over 90% of all of Earth’s payload mass to orbit this year. China will be ~5% and rest of world, including rest of America, around 5%. When Starship is launching at high rate, SpaceX will probably carry >99% of Earth’s payload mass to orbit. This is… [@esherifftv] The FAA has released a draft environmental assessment to increase Falcon 9 launches at SLC-40 from 50 to 120 and to build a new landing zone at SLC-40.”
“SpaceX is now launching roughly the same number of satellites in a year as the number of operational non-SpaceX satellites in orbit cumulatively [@SawyerMerritt] SpaceX has officially surpassed its total number of launches from all of 2024 (138) — with more than two months still left in 2025. The company has launched over 2,500 Starlink satellites in 2025 alone. An absolutely incredible pace of progress 🚀”
“This is the first time that a rocket has taken off from one country, gone to space and landed in another country! [@MarioNawfal] 🇧🇸 THE BAHAMAS JUST LEVELED UP—WELCOME TO THE SPACE AGE Move over, sun and sand—The Bahamas is now a player in the space game. For the first time, a Falcon 9 rocket booster will land in Exuma Sound, a deep-water basin perfect for rocket recovery. Not bad for a country best… )”
