“Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package *will* definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe … Certainly possible. Just a question of safety. Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities.”
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.
“Much of what people think of an science is actually engineering, eg no such thing as a “rocket scientist”, only rocket engineers. Latter is who put humans on the moon.”
“Nuke Mars refers to a continuous stream of very low fallout nuclear fusion explosions above the atmosphere to create artificial suns. Much like our sun, this would not cause Mars to become radioactive.”
“SpaceX propulsion just achieved first firing of the Raptor interplanetary transport engine https://t.co/vRleyJvBkx”
“@Grummz Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets to trash E. Gary Gygax and the geniuses who created Dungeons & Dragons. What the fuck is wrong with Hasbro and WoTC?? May they burn in hell.”
“@RocketRundown Welcome to the future. It’s gonna be great.”
“@WholeMarsBlog I’d like to apologize to Dustin Moskowitz for calling him a “retard”. That was wrong. What I meant to say is that he is a pompous idiot whose his head is so far up his own ass that he is legally blind. I wish him the best and hope that someday we can be friends.”
“Just wanted to write a note of appreciation for all those who have supported Tesla, SpaceX & SolarCity over the years. Thank you.”
“Rocket will land in highest winds ever at Cape Canaveral tonight. This is intentional envelope expansion.”
“Talked about Starship with National Academies Space Studies Board https://t.co/wMSUQYTNJg https://youtu.be/rLydXZOo4eA”
“@TheBabylonBee Pshaw, how pedestrian! I was thinking more … space dragons with “lasers””
“@GreenDragonBot 😉”
“SpaceX team in Hawthorne control, Dragon docked to Station above https://t.co/JUWkOrWjsH”
“@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX RIP SN10, honorable discharge”
“Dragon Crew Arm. Astronauts will walk this gantry to enter Dragon & depart for the @Space_Station. https://t.co/rKkUTeHson”
“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”
“Grid fin hydraulic pump stalled, so Falcon landed just out to sea. Appears to be undamaged & is transmitting data. Recovery ship dispatched.”
“@GuntherEagleman @heydave7 First one was fine, but the booster knocked me flat for days. Way worse than when I got original C19 and was unvaccinated.”
“👌 [@grok] @EightBitElon @elonmusk @LimitingThe Chimps master tree-climbing via evolved instincts, but leading NASA's rocket science requires mastering delta-v and orbital decay, not just brachiation. Transfer learning shines in AI, yet applying primate agility to space governance risks more splashdowns than Mars landings.”
“Squeezing extra performance out of Falcon 9 – almost at 17 metric tons to an actual useful orbit with booster & fairing reusable!”
“Starlink is a total gamechanger [@MarioNawfal] STARLINK TURNS AIRPLANE WIFI FROM USELESS TO UNREAL Airline Wi Fi used to mean loading screens and rage quitting. Starlink just changed the rules at 35,000 feet. * Satellite powered internet delivers fast, low latency connection gate to gate, not just cruising altitude *… https://x.com/i/web/status/2003767614963658807”
“@WholeMarsBlog Electric cargo ships are straightforward, as are short to medium range electric aircraft. Long-range aircraft (beyond ~1500 mile) will take a few more years.”
“@WholeMarsBlog If we had been allowed to introduce new evidence, the verdict would’ve been zero imo. Jury did the best they could with the information they had. I respect the decision.”
“Soon, SpaceX will launch @NASA astronauts to @Space_Station!”
“Ms. Tree caught the Falcon fairing!!”
“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”
“Congratulations @SpaceX team! Thanks @NASA, much appreciated.”
“@COLDEX_STC @SpaceX @NSF @blueicehiggins @icy_pete @US_IceDrilling @OSUCEOAS @Princeton @GeosciencesPU @OregonState @UMNews Wild that we can see what was frozen 2.7 million years ago!”
“@WholeMarsBlog Please advise people to be wary of margin loans. Tesla has always been a high variability stock, often with no obvious rhyme or reason. We are confident about long-term value creation, but cannot control the manic-depressive nature of the stock market.”
“@WorldAndScience It’s possible to make a self-sustaining city on Mars by 2050, if we start in 5 years & take 10 orbital synchronizations”
“@SpaceX @Space_Station One day, we will get a camera up there that also shows the star field in the background”
“@considercosmos @SpaceX Will use this as my wallpaper”
“@alex_avoigt No money from DoD, but several other countries, orgs & individuals are paying for ~11k/25k terminals (thanks!). SpaceX is losing ~$20M/month due to unpaid service & costs related to enhanced security measures for cyberwar defense, but we’ll keep doing it (sigh).”
“@PPathole Starship booster, largest flying object ever designed, will be caught out of sky by launch tower. Big step forward, as reflight can be done in under an hour.”
“Join to create exciting new worlds of technology!! If getting things done matters to you, then @SpaceX, @Tesla, @BoringCompany & @Neuralink are the places to be.”
“Yeah [@XFreeze] Many people think SpaceX is hugely subsidized by NASA and that NASA is the primary driver of SpaceX revenue, which is absolutely false In reality, NASA contracts are only a small single‑digit share of SpaceX revenue and are expected to be less than 5% next year, so claims that… https://x.com/i/web/status/1997407432512036958”
“@WholeMarsBlog Yup, should be the best deal in town!”
“@TJ_Cooney @SpaceX Starlink is a gamechanger for remote locations”
“@SpaceX Unfortunately, launch is called off for today, as an aircraft entered the “keep out zone”, which is unreasonably gigantic. There is simply no way that humanity can become a spacefaring civilization without major regulatory reform. The current regulatory system is broken.”
“@universal_sci Perhaps one day there will be an ocean on the northern part of Mars”
“@WholeMarsBlog So much empty land & only a tiny percentage needed to power entire country!”
“Definitely [@aaronburnett] Cathie discussing SpaceX convergence on orbital data centers and reusable rockets with Peter and friends. Ark and team deserve a ton of credit for not only recognizing that last year was the right time to begin diving deep into SpaceX modeling, but also for being so generous with… https://x.com/i/web/status/2017690607318405419”
“@jack 2029 feels like a pivotal year. I’d be surprised if we don’t have AGI by then. Hopefully, people on Mars too.”
“Just came across this pretty good CNBC piece on SpaceX & Starship https://t.co/RELYzC40M9 https://youtu.be/LgXtMtLdDxc”
“Mod to SpaceX tech tree build: Falcon 9 second stage will be upgraded to be like a mini-BFR Ship”
“By the way, our commercial Starlink program is the primary source of funding for Starship (NASA is helping too). So thank for buying Starlink and supporting humanity’s future in space. If you look closely at your Starlink router, you will notice that it has an illustration of…”
“😂 [@tetsuoai] Update Grok on iPhone! Companions now have outfits. Bad Rudi got a rocket launcher. 🤣”
“@WholeMarsBlog In reality, Twitter is doing a much better job of combating disinformation. @CommunityNotes is a big part of that.”
“Extended tracking shot of Falcon 9 https://t.co/LlUIgOqCxC https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUv7XXBb2Y&feature=youtu.be”
“@jaentwistle One of many reasons why we need larger & more advanced rockets!”
