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Feb 4, 2021

@josh_bickett @ajtourville @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Yeah. By default, engine with least lever arm would shut down if all 3 are good.

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Jul 20, 2021

@TLPN_Official @SpaceX Depending on progress with Booster 4, we might try a 9 engine firing on Booster 3

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Oct 9, 2022

@NASAEarthMars That is quite an interesting story. We sent what appeared to be identical emails to all, but each was actually coded with either one or two spaces between sentences, forming a binary signature that identified the leaker.

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Sep 21, 2022

@thejackbeyer @NASASpaceflight @BocaChicaGal @NicAnsuini Our focus is on reliability upgrades for flight on Booster 7 and completing Booster 9, which has many design changes, especially for full engine RUD isolation.

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Oct 26, 2024

@tunguz He is just plain wrong. Almost the entire founding team of @SpaceX was over 30. Over half of the founding team of Tesla was too.

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Aug 20, 2022

@WholeMarsBlog As mentioned previously, this is a major release, so we need to be cautious. Goes out to ~1000 Beta participants later today.

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Nov 8, 2021

@thesheetztweetz @BryceSpaceTech @SpaceX @Arianespace @ArianeGroup @roscosmos @northropgrumman @ulalaunch @torybruno @isro @RocketLab Actually, 41 tons for SpaceX in Q3 & aiming for 80 tons in Q4. That said, China launch mass to orbit is extremely impressive.

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May 22, 2025

RT @DimaZeniuk: Elon Musk in the United States: • Tesla’s HQ and factories • SpaceX’s facilities and launch sites • Starlink’s operations…

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Sep 3, 2023

@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.

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May 30, 2021

@PPathole @nextspaceflight @NASASpaceflight @BocaChicaGal @SpaceX Actually, so-called “secondary” structure is the hard part – so many pipes & wires. Tall stuff & small stuff are the toughest things about Starship.

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May 2, 2018

@arstechnica SpaceX Crew Dragon ships to the Cape in about 3 months

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May 26, 2022

@aaronjcash @WholeMarsBlog @brandonee916 @vincent13031925 @SpaceX 🤣

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Aug 6, 2021

@WholeMarsBlog @NASASpaceflight @BBCAmos There is a reason no fully reusable orbital rocket has been built – it’s an insanely hard problem. Moreover, it must be rapidly & completely reusable (like an airplane). This is the only way to make life multiplanetary. Efficiencies of scale is why Starship is so large.

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Oct 7, 2020

@WholeMarsBlog Berlin will use 4680 cell with structural battery pack & front & rear single piece castings. Also, a new paint system. Lot of new technology will happen in Berlin, which means significant production risk. Fremont & Shanghai will transition in ~2 years when new tech is proven.

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Aug 29, 2022

@CSI_Starbase Agreed, we recently made this change & many others. An intense effort is underway to achieve robust engine containment in case of RUD to protect booster, other engines & launch ring.

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Jun 10, 2021

@Adamklotz_ @BryceSpaceTech Starlink missions will move to Starship

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Nov 4, 2019

@TJ_Cooney Wow, 2011 seems like eons ago! With fairing recovery, Falcon is ~80% reusable, but reflight takes several days & requires boats. Starship will be fully reusable with booster reflight possible every few hours & ship reflight every 8 hours. No boats needed.

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Oct 8, 2020

@johnkrausphotos @Patreon @SuperclusterHQ @SpaceX Maybe this should be the flag of Mars

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Jun 8, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 and Dragon vertical at pad 39A in Florida. Targeting Tuesday, June 10 for launch of Ax-4 → https://t.co/LU1wyD7X9s htt… http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ax-4

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Jun 9, 2025

RT @JonErlichman: Age of these businesses: Tesla: 22 years SpaceX: 23 years Google: 27 years Netflix: 28 years Amazon: 31 years Nvidia: 32…

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Jul 18, 2022

@Erdayastronaut @LevEakins More accurate word is “propellant”, rather than “fuel”. Starship is ~78% liquid oxygen, ~22% fuel. Propellant cost is of primary importance for a fully reusable rocket, so reusable rockets want high thrust, as thrust below T/W of 1 is irrelevant.

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Oct 27, 2021

@WholeMarsBlog FSD/AI team is doing great work. Will get superhuman good in upcoming releases. Note, we will slow down upload rate of releases going forward. First from QA fleet to employee cars for a day, then slowly releasing at ~1000 cars/hr to external beta on Friday aft.

4.8K likes323 RT340 replies
Jun 18, 2022

@blueskykites @Tesla @SpaceX @mayemusk @WholeMarsBlog @28delayslater @JohnnaCrider1 @Kristennetten @SirineAti @GailAlfarATX @DimaZeniuk @bevedoni @RationalEtienne @ashleevance @adamhoov @klwtts @RenataKonkoly For a couple of months, but, yeah, that looks like the place. Does Mark still live there?

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Sep 9, 2016

Thoughtful Op-ed in Space News much appreciated https://t.co/CJq5g3NIEK http://spacenews.com/op-ed-despite-spacex-setback-future-of-private-space-exploration-is-bright/

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Jun 8, 2025

RT @DimaZeniuk: “One day, we will indeed occupy Mars!” — Elon Musk https://t.co/tAFRvGwjo2

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Sep 12, 2022

@WholeMarsBlog Real-world validation & billions of miles of real-world training are what will make FSD superhuman

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Aug 6, 2021

@WholeMarsBlog @NASASpaceflight @BBCAmos Higher structural margins overall are needed for reuse, plus: Booster - Grid fins for aero control - Boostback & landing propellant tanks - Protecting engines from entry loads Ship - Body flaps for aero control - Deorbit & landing propellant tanks - Heat shield

5.1K likes279 RT136 replies
May 27, 2018

@oneunderscore__ @ParkerMolloy @2sunsky @ashleyfeinberg You’re welcome to come by SpaceX, but please stop assuming I’m against all journalists. This is not true. Something needs to be done to improve public trust in media.

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Jul 31, 2021

@WholeMarsBlog The Tesla AI predictions are swiftly becoming superhuman – its guesses for what it can’t see well feel like ESP. It has a vastly larger training set than any human & thinks only about driving.

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Nov 24, 2023

@TeslaHype @GailAlfarATX Starship is intended to carry a lot of people on tens of thousands of flights, so needs to be extremely reliable over time. It will be.

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Aug 5, 2024

@rookisaacman Soon to the Moon and then Mars!

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Mar 20, 2024

@WholeMarsBlog About 15 Cybertrucks in service had an issue where the door striker loosened in the field, due to insufficient torque after door fit. This is takes 5 mins to fix in service and has been addressed in production.

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Mar 15, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 first stage separation and flip maneuver https://t.co/VWcC2zjnDB

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Sep 18, 2018

@yousuck2020 @SpaceX That’s the first BFR airframe/tank barrel section made of a new carbon fiber material

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Nov 17, 2020

@Erdayastronaut @rweb11742 The most amazing thing about rocket engines is that they *sometimes* don’t blow up! The amount of power going through them boggles the mind.

5.1K likes188 RT161 replies
Mar 3, 2020

@Teslarati No matter what, we need to pressurize the production system. Rocket design is relatively easy, making one is hard, making many is extremely hard. Manufacturing is underrated.

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Aug 3, 2024

@FutureJurvetson @SpaceX Indeed. It is not widely understood that SpaceX has the most advanced 3D metal printing technology in the world.

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May 15, 2016

Most recent rocket took max damage, due to v high entry velocity. Will be our life leader for ground tests to confirm others are good.

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Dec 21, 2015

Launch & landing can be seen on the https://t.co/bDd3GxQXMC webcast or in person from Cape Canaveral public causeway at 8:33pm local tmrw http://SpaceX.com

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Aug 27, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Starship’s tenth flight test pushed the limits and provided maximum excitement along the way → https://t.co/UIwbeGoo2B https://… http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10

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Oct 5, 2016

Sabotage of the rocket is unlikely, but this article has some great theories :) https://t.co/1fCRbZvRHo https://theringer.com/ranking-potential-saboteurs-of-elon-musks-spacex-venture-ff66e7e2b23f#.kdgjprg5c

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Aug 26, 2025

@raines1220 LiDAR also does not work well in snow, rain or dust due to reflection scatter. That’s why Waymos stop working in any heavy precipitation. As I have said many times, there is a role for LiDAR in some circumstances and I personally oversaw the development of LiDAR for the SpaceX

3.3K likes324 RT161 replies
Mar 18, 2026

@wholemars As anyone knows who uses it, that video is not how Autopilot drives

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Feb 9, 2021

@RationalEtienne @Adamklotz_ SpaceX needs to pass through a deep chasm of negative cash flow over the next year or so to make Starlink financially viable. Every new satellite constellation in history has gone bankrupt. We hope to be the first that does not.

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May 19, 2025

RT @cb_doge: For the first time ever, there is a rocket capable of establishing a permanent base on Mars. https://t.co/Xbj6A7GA8j

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Apr 17, 2025

@bennyjohnson SpaceX has not tried to bid for any contract in this regard. Our strong preference would be to stay focused on taking humanity to Mars. If the President asks us to help in this regard, we will do so, but I hope that other companies (not SpaceX) can do this.

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Mar 29, 2025

RT @cb_doge: BREAKING: SpaceX is deploying Starlink kits to aid communication in the affected regions in Thailand and Myanmar. https://t.co…

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Apr 19, 2026

RT @SpaceX: Falcon lands for the 600th time! https://t.co/Zu42NkBnxN

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