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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.

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Sep 17, 2016

“@andyzalk sounds like the right name for the rocket booster”

277 likes17 RT23 replies
Mar 9, 2013

“Will show Johnny Cash hover slam rocket video for the first time in about 15 mins. Test footage only 36 hrs old. #SXSW”

51 likes116 RT44 replies
Jun 1, 2015

“@kpe @SpaceX @grierallen @natedapore Cool, thanks for letting us know. This is helpful for figuring out fairing reusability.”

234 likes29 RT34 replies
Sep 28, 2016

“@BArtusio Three cable elevator on a crane. Wind force on Mars is low, so don't need to worry about being blown around.”

217 likes43 RT17 replies
Aug 27, 2017

“@SmileSimplify @Vita_Berlin @c12olivas Exactly. Wouldn't let anyone invest more than a token amount in early rounds of SpaceX and Tesla, as the probability of failure was >90%.”

253 likes21 RT17 replies
May 31, 2012

“Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon”

47 likes117 RT24 replies
Apr 23, 2012

“Am pushing launch back approx a week to do more testing on Dragon docking code. New date pending coordination with @NASA.”

21 likes127 RT29 replies
Dec 24, 2016

“@CMaggiore50 Typing Mars after holding down the T symbol on the center console works on S and X. Also try renaming your car 42.”

236 likes26 RT10 replies
Oct 1, 2016

“@jclishman @bearsper @rSpaceX yes”

259 likes14 RT10 replies
Nov 24, 2015

“@TobiasVdb The F9 booster can reach low orbit as a single stage if not carrying the upper stage and a heavy satellite.”

180 likes52 RT12 replies
Apr 11, 2016

“@drew @SpaceX Not from us, but it's awesome”

251 likes16 RT12 replies
Oct 7, 2012

“Time lapse video of rocket roll out http://t.co/nuHKYrEH Now 3 hours 45 mins to lift off... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T1dfNoNV7k&feature=youtu.be”

63 likes105 RT19 replies
Apr 21, 2013

“Congratulations to @OrbitalSciences! “@CNETNews: Orbital's Antares rocket makes successful test flight http://t.co/y7bwdDMGCi” http://cnet.co/17QCmKa”

64 likes106 RT10 replies
May 22, 2012

“Navigation bay pointing to deep space and star map being generated by star tracker one. Yes! #DragonLaunch”

46 likes103 RT22 replies
Mar 26, 2013

“Dragon deorbit burn was good. All thrusters operating. On target for splashdown.”

51 likes101 RT18 replies
Jan 31, 2012

“The SpaceX theme song by Total Ghost is just too good ... ooh ooh ooh http://t.co/BuKuopI5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MezkEiS-6jA”

135 likes52 RT28 replies
Jan 7, 2017

“@fatihorhan @SpaceX That was a great game”

213 likes18 RT16 replies
Nov 20, 2012

“Was misquoted by BBC as saying "Europe's rocket has no chance". Just said the [Franco-German] Ariane 5 has no chance, so go with Ariane 6.”

52 likes88 RT29 replies
May 22, 2012

“T minus 60 seconds. Terminal autosequence initiated. #DragonLaunch”

32 likes93 RT39 replies
Aug 27, 2017

“@SmileSimplify @beboutside @Hyperloop @SpaceX @paradigm_hype @swissloop The latter. There are pretty long gaps between each team run, so livestream is not the way to go.”

223 likes9 RT13 replies
Jun 25, 2017

“@zerosixbravo @john_gilleran True, but that's a minor factor for rockets”

234 likes6 RT8 replies
Jan 15, 2017

“@JimDeKort @SpaceX Rotates 180 degrees and does a retro burn”

198 likes15 RT19 replies
Mar 26, 2013

“Recovery ship just heard the sonic booms from Dragon reentry and has data transmission lock.”

45 likes96 RT8 replies
May 3, 2012

“Definitely. Long term goal of SpaceX making life multiplanetary. #OccupyMars @Weaverwerx #APSpaceChat”

55 likes84 RT16 replies
Sep 27, 2016

“@rocketrepreneur Meant to say 200 AR for production vac engine. Dev will be up to 150. Beyond that, too much flow separation in Earth atmos.”

168 likes24 RT15 replies
Apr 9, 2012

“Besides ensuring the continuance of life, creating a base on Mars would be the most exciting adventure ever!”

59 likes71 RT25 replies
Feb 5, 2017

“@BenCam137 @FifthRocket Exactly”

214 likes3 RT3 replies
May 22, 2012

“T minus 10 minutes ... Entering terminal count #dragonlaunch”

28 likes89 RT16 replies
Feb 1, 2012

“Just test-fired the Superdraco rocket engine. Enables launch escape and landing on thrusters. SpaceX.com http://t.co/IJaYVEE9”

73 likes64 RT16 replies
May 5, 2012

“Almost done reviewing Dragon code with @NASA. Looks good so far. Target launch date is May 19, right after Soyuz docks.”

43 likes76 RT18 replies
Jan 10, 2013

“Also, I am not the kale eating overlord of Mars (altho kale has its moments) http://t.co/nCjMgEjC http://www.thejanedough.com/peta-mars-vegan/”

54 likes54 RT41 replies
May 24, 2012

“The head of the Russian Space Agency and some Russian diplomats are visiting @SpaceX today. Looking forward to meeting.”

37 likes66 RT25 replies
May 5, 2012

“@geoffeg Dragon code is written in C++ on Linux.”

58 likes62 RT12 replies
Apr 23, 2012

“Just completed the rocket rollout review at SpaceX HQ in California. Almost time to launch. Pucker factor increasing...”

39 likes67 RT19 replies
Mar 1, 2013

“Computer glitch found by @SpaceX avionics while bench testing on IM. Couldn't replicate on vehicle. Launch proceeding...”

45 likes66 RT12 replies
Apr 9, 2016

“@TheHackersNews @SpaceX Thanks”

146 likes16 RT9 replies
Apr 9, 2012

“Interview in Nature describing why we should extend life to Mars http://t.co/6Ux0q4OX http://www.nature.com/news/backing-up-the-biosphere-1.10395”

46 likes61 RT18 replies
May 11, 2012

“Making large scale rocket propulsion landing work well is a critical step towards a fully reusable Mars transport system”

26 likes69 RT12 replies
Sep 26, 2016

“@williamwinters @rocketrepreneur pretty close”

140 likes13 RT2 replies
Feb 1, 2012

“Um, while awesome in its own way, that was not actually the SpaceX theme song. It seems that irony is sometimes lost in a tweet.”

88 likes18 RT22 replies
May 24, 2014

“@QuantumG When we launch I want to know that SpaceX has done everything possible to keep the astronauts safe. Only a few more years to go.”

74 likes28 RT13 replies
Dec 24, 2011

“The Russians are having some challenges with their rockets. Too many of the engineers that designed them have retired: http://t.co/rEs7spSU http://ow.ly/89k5F”

50 likes21 RT51 replies
Jan 6, 2012

“Next month is also when our Dragon spaceship docks with the Space Station for the first time. Major pucker factor...”

53 likes36 RT16 replies
Apr 18, 2014

“@MarinaSBlinova Rocket boost stage reaching 0 m/s in one piece :) Will know soon. Odds not high.”

59 likes29 RT10 replies
Nov 20, 2012

“These articles in Space News describe why Ariane 6 vs 5: http://t.co/IaeYXXK9 and http://t.co/ghs3FG8w http://www.spacenews.com/article/citing-spacex-threat-lawmakers-in-france-urge-early-ariane-6-start”

37 likes37 RT12 replies
Jun 14, 2012

“Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, checks out Dragon at our central Texas test site http://t.co/HXupX9VM http://img.ly/jwGy”

20 likes37 RT10 replies
Jul 12, 2012

“@n23mc I think we will see people on Mars in less than 20 years. 12 to 15 years most likely. #OccupyMars”

35 likes26 RT13 replies
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