“Lot to learn on this flight [@PettitFrontier] SpaceX’s mission profile for Starship Flight 8. It will be eventful. Booster catch, Starlink deployment, in-space engine relight, entry & flip. I called @astro_Pettit and we’re optimistic the ISS will have brief in-flight visibility. And I will be at Starbase. Let’s do this. )”
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“SpaceX is accelerating rapidly. When Starship is launching several times a day in a few years, SpaceX will be ~99% of all Earth payload mass to orbit, even if the others triple their current launch rate. [@FutureJurvetson] 🚀 T͢h͢e͢ ͢Q͢3͢ ͢L͢a͢u͢n͢c͢h͢ ͢R͢e͢p͢o͢r͢t͢ ͢j͢u͢s͢t͢ ͢c͢a͢m͢e͢ ͢o͢u͢t͢🚀 For kg launched to orbit, SpaceX has 97% share for the U.S. and 83% globally. The eight Chinese launchers add up to 8.6%. Looking into the graph's magnifying box, IDF just nudged past Rocket Lab. https://x.com/i/web/status/1994495568291532883”
“@SpaceX Major launchpad upgrades should be complete in about a month, then another month of rocket testing on pad, then flight 2 of Starship”
“Stretch goal for Starship V4 is 300 tons of thrust per engine with 33 engines, so 10,000 tons of total thrust. That is 3 times the power of the Saturn V Moon rocket. [@XFreeze] SpaceX’s Starship is already one of the biggest flying objects ever built and it’s still getting bigger • With Starship 4, total size could grow ~10–20% • Raptor thrust jumps ~20%, nearing 9,000 tons at sea level • Enough to send 200+ tons to useful orbit • Fully &… https://x.com/i/web/status/2014607481159463407”
“Protect the light of consciousness [@XFreeze] ELON MUSK EXPLAINS THE REAL PURPOSE OF SPACEX "SpaceX is about advancing rocket technology to the point where we can extend life and consciousness beyond Earth to the moon, to Mars, eventually to other star systems And I think we should always view consciousness, life as we… https://x.com/i/web/status/2014375895415586964”
“@blueskykites @Grimezsz @WholeMarsBlog @SpaceXMR @musky_meme @CovelloMassimo @SpaceX @Kristennetten @EliBurton_ @Erdayastronaut @28delayslater @TeslaAndDoge @bevedoni @TeslaHype @OwenSparks_ @RationalEtienne It’s true – I do think a lot about rocket engine chamber pressure ahaha”
“RT @SpaceX: The Road to Making Life Multiplanetary: an update from @elonmusk on SpaceX's plan to reach Mars https://t.co/d2cnsVKK80”
“@Erdayastronaut @thesheetztweetz @BryceSpaceTech @SpaceX @Arianespace @ArianeGroup @roscosmos @northropgrumman @ulalaunch @torybruno @isro @RocketLab The Starship fleet is designed to achieve over 1000 times more payload to orbit than all other rockets on Earth combined. Almost no one understands this.”
“@markusdd5 Given that several companies make advanced chips, but no companies have ever made fully reusable rockets or achieved SpaceX scale, I think Starship is harder, but we shall see. Terafab will technically be two fabs, each making only one chip design. This greatly simplifies”
“RT @SpaceX: Liftoff of Starship's seventh flight test. The Super Heavy booster utilized flight proven hardware for the first time, reusing…”
“RT @SpaceX: Starship’s ninth flight test marked a major milestone for reuse with the first flight-proven Super Heavy booster launching from…”
“@SpaceActivist88 @JeffGreason @peterrhague @SpaceNotJohn SpaceX will colonize Mars. The fundamental question is whether Earth civilization can maintain its technology level long enough for the colony to grow on its own, even if the supply ships stop coming. If yes, then humanity will pass the single-planet Fermi Great Filter.”
“RT @cb_doge: BREAKING: MrBeast just posted a new video touring SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket manufacturing facility in Texas. https://t.…”
“@MuskUniversity Based on the Falcon launch plan for next year, SpaceX will deliver ~90% of all Earth payload to orbit. Starship will take that to >99% in future years. These magnitudes are madness to consider, but necessary to make consciousness multiplanetary.”
“@thesheetztweetz @BryceSpaceTech @SpaceX @roscosmos @Arianespace @ArianeGroup @northropgrumman @RocketLab @ulalaunch @VirginOrbit @torybruno Upmass is what matters. One Starship will lift what all Falcons did in Q2 on a single flight.”
“@ThierryBreton In all seriousness, SpaceX hopes to offer travel to Mars to anyone who wants to go, bearing in mind that it will be like a long sea voyage in centuries past – dangerous and uncomfortable, but great adventure! Becoming multiplanetary ensures the long-term survival of life.”
“@TJ_Cooney @lrocket @SpaceX @FelixSchlang @MarcusHouseGame Tom is great & was instrumental in developing early versions of Merlin & Kestrel, but not later versions of Merlin or Starship/Raptor”
“RT @DimaZeniuk: SpaceX just conducted a static fire of Booster 16 ahead of Starship Flight 10 https://t.co/nvXtqFUicF”
“@WholeMarsBlog Great progress by the @SpaceX team towards making life multiplanetary!”
“@ZealotOcelot @ajtourville @SpaceX SpaceX will deliver ~90% of all of Earth’s mass to orbit this year. Once Starship is flying regularly, SpaceX will deliver >99% of mass to orbit, unless some other company creates a large, fully reusable rocket.”
“@Everman SpaceX will prob build 30 to 40 rocket cores for ~300 missions over 5 years. Then BFR takes over & Falcon retires. Goal of BFR is to enable anyone to move to moon, Mars & eventually outer planets.”
“@Drew78823936 @Erdayastronaut @DJSnM @RocketTenor @NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station @Commercial_Crew Probably right. Starship rate of progress far exceeds Falcon & Dragon, although they’re critical to getting there. dInnovation/dt is what matters long-term.”
“@SpceEnthusiast @tjmurphy_mit @thesheetztweetz @ExploreMars @SpaceX @TheeSpaceDude Over time, outer 20 will have ~300 tons of thrust & inner 8 ~210, so roughly 7500 tons total at sea level or 1.5 T/W for booster+ship”
“RT @Truthful_ast: SpaceX’s current large ambitions: -Moon base Alpha on the Moon. -A Mars colony -Data centers in orbit -Starlink V3 bring…”
“@bartjehoel @djenkins6 Correct, pure electric. Wish orbital rockets could be so too, but there’s no escaping Newton’s Third Law. SpaceX is already developing high efficiency CO2 capture with H2O to form liquid CH4 (methane) & O2. Critical for propellant production at Mars Base Alpha.”
“Millions of people needed for Mars colony, so 80k+ would just be the number moving to Mars per year http://t.co/rwMuzVEK http://news.yahoo.com/huge-mars-colony-eyed-spacex-founder-elon-musk-120626263.html”
“RT @SawyerMerritt: SpaceX completed a record 170 rocket launches in 2025 (including Falcon & Starship launches). https://t.co/VxaqrX5B9A”
“Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months. https://t.co/gswdFut1dK”
“Definitely. Long term goal of SpaceX making life multiplanetary. #OccupyMars @Weaverwerx #APSpaceChat”
“Yes [@cb_doge] SpaceX will have a base on Mars one day.”
“SpaceX’s mission is to extend consciousness to Mars and then the stars”
“Starship reached orbital velocity! Congratulations @SpaceX team!!”
“Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean! Congratulations @SpaceX team on an epic achievement!!”
“Successful ocean landing of Starship! We will do one more ocean landing of the ship. If that goes well, then SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower.”
“Starship static fire successful! [@SpaceX] Full-duration static fire for the first time on Starship V3”
“The @SpaceX Starship launch tomorrow morning will be live-streamed exclusively on 𝕏!”
“For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to… https://t.co/HSuKIz1eVd https://x.com/i/web/status/2020640004628742577”
“Just inspected the Starship launch pad and it is in great condition! No refurbishment needed to the water-cooled steel plate for next launch. Congrats to @Spacex team & contractors for engineering & building such a robust system so rapidly! https://t.co/py5m1uhtEi”
“If all goes well, Starship launches tomorrow [@SpaceX] Starship stacked for flight”
“Great work by the @SpaceX team [@SpaceX] Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting eleventh flight test of Starship!”
“Starship V3 SN1 headed for ground tests. I am highly confident that the V3 design will achieve full reusability. [@SpaceX] The first Starship V3 has left the build site to begin prelaunch testing”
“True [@EvasTeslaSPlaid] Nothing would have happened without the amazing @SpaceX Starship Tream. Cheers 🫶”
“SpaceX is the railroad that will enable millions of opportunities for others on Mars, just like the Union Pacific Railroad did for California”
“Preparing for the last launch of Starship 2 [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the pad at Starbase for preflight testing”
“Mars is a planet purely of robots (for now) [@SpaceX] Falcon Heavy will launch the Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars in late 2028”
“Starbase, Texas [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the pad at Starbase ahead of the eleventh flight test”
“Starship flight tomorrow evening [@SpaceX] Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration”
“The Starship factory is stunning [@jawwwn_] SpaceX COO @Gwynne_Shotwell: “I love working for @elonmusk.” “He’s funny— he’s hilarious actually.” “He focuses on things that I would never have thought were important.” “One is— beautiful spaces.” “This is one of the most beautiful factories I have ever seen.” Via @TIME”
“Starship launch attempt now! @SpaceX”
“Starship will build Moonbase Alpha [@DimaZeniuk] SPACEX: Starship ready to take humanity’s first permanent step beyond Earth • Starship is designed to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth, including lunar and planetary outposts; • Chosen for NASA’s Artemis program, it will land the first astronauts on the Moon”
