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Oct 22, 2021

@SpaceXMR Tries to launch some rockets – accidentally summons dark lord

12.4K likes469 RT639 replies
Sep 14, 2021

@thesheetztweetz @NASAKennedy @SpaceX It is hard to overstate criticality of reusable rockets. No less important than reusable aircraft, cars or bicycles. Essential for humanity to become a multiplanet species & backup the biosphere.

11.7K likes660 RT557 replies
Feb 16, 2017

Daylight rocket launch & landing at the Cape this weekend. Will be the 1st SpaceX flight from the Apollo launch pad. https://t.co/Vr5LQjYaPZ http://observer.com/2017/02/spacex-will-fly-a-rocket-back-to-earth-in-broad-daylight-this-weekend/

8.4K likes2.4K RT262 replies
Sep 20, 2021

@AustinTeslaClub To be precise, completely & immediately reusable orbital rockets are the fundamental breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary

10.4K likes549 RT1.3K replies
Aug 29, 2012

@ticketwaxter Extending life to Mars would ensure humanity's survival and be the greatest, most exciting adventure ever!

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Jun 27, 2023

@InfographicTony @MarcusHouse @FelixSchlang @considercosmos @GregScott_photo @LunarCaveman @SpaceX @SpacesFuture @TJ_Cooney @LabPadre @Erdayastronaut Three center Raptors of Booster will fire at ~50% thrust during hot staging

5.7K likes348 RT259 replies
Dec 17, 2020

@SpaceX Standing down for today to inspect rocket. Hopefully launching tomorrow.

10.5K likes281 RT262 replies
Feb 13, 2022

@PPathole @SpaceX Moving to 33 engines on next booster

9.5K likes507 RT683 replies
Aug 29, 2021

@_rykllan @SpaceX @NASASpaceflight @FelixSchlang @MarcusHouse @bluemoondance74 The rocket fleet grows

9.8K likes310 RT425 replies
Feb 21, 2019

@katlinegrey I have been chief engineer/designer at SpaceX from day 1. Had I been better, our first 3 launches might have succeeded, but I learned from those mistakes. https://t.co/3r6ZqEc30A https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/3/

8.8K likes530 RT239 replies
Aug 21, 2017

SpaceX rocket factory as seen from space https://t.co/JNsvMsNvQX https://www.instagram.com/p/BYCjs0bgmNl/

7.6K likes942 RT286 replies
Aug 27, 2017

From last year, but still my favorite video of the Falcon 9 rocket booster returning from space… https://t.co/b935pdz2Xi https://www.instagram.com/p/BYTrSaHgS-Z/

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Nov 14, 2024

@BaptisteVicini No, it actually was an act of charity. But we can’t force other companies to make great electric vehicles. That is not within our power. At SpaceX, we don’t even bother with patents. Copy our rockets if you want.

7.1K likes605 RT292 replies
Jul 4, 2017

@SpaceX We're going to spend the 4th doing a full review of rocket & pad systems. Launch no earlier than 5th/6th. Only one chance to get it right …

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Apr 11, 2020

@SciGuySpace SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem.

7.5K likes416 RT198 replies
Sep 26, 2021

@cnunezimages @SpaceX Well ya see we need to reach around the rocket to uhh …

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May 29, 2021

@nextspaceflight @NASASpaceflight @BocaChicaGal @SpaceX 29 Raptors on Booster initially, rising to 32 later this year, along with thrust increase per engine. Aiming for >7500 ton thrust long-term. T/W ~1.5.

6.9K likes581 RT263 replies
Dec 8, 2021

@jessica_kirsh @SpaceX Booster production is currently ahead of engine production

7.2K likes257 RT412 replies
Jun 25, 2021

@WatchersTank @SpaceX We’re almost done with first prototype booster. This will go to test stand A. Next one will fly to orbit. Team has been crushing it many days & nights in a row!

6.9K likes446 RT206 replies
Jan 26, 2015

If u saw @TheSimpsons and wonder why @SpaceX doesn't use an electric rocket to reach orbit, it is cuz that is impossible

3.5K likes2.1K RT351 replies
Jun 2, 2021

@ErcXspace @austinbarnard45 @SpaceX @NASASpaceflight Might take a few kicks at the can before we catch the rocket haha

6.8K likes358 RT307 replies
Sep 25, 2017

Presentation of @SpaceX Interplanetary Spaceship & Rocket design from 2016 https://t.co/3b1YWWmmxg https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=H7Uyfqi_TE8

5.3K likes1.0K RT140 replies
Mar 8, 2019

@roscosmos @Rogozin @JimBridenstine Thank you on behalf of SpaceX! We have always admired your rocket/spacecraft technology.

6.8K likes233 RT80 replies
Nov 24, 2020

@MarcusHouseGame Rapid & complete rocket reuse, low cost propellant, orbital refilling & propellant production at destination are the four essential elements of making life multiplanetary

6.6K likes285 RT182 replies
Feb 15, 2026

@AdamLowisz Other companies are not trying to extend consciousness to the stars, so they aim too low. Even if SpaceX fails in this grand goal, we still end up with vastly more capable rockets.

5.3K likes334 RT486 replies
May 27, 2025

RT @teslaownersSV: SpaceX is making fully rapidly reusable rockets The holy grail of rocketry https://t.co/VgdOiRJSxl

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Jul 6, 2017

@SpaceX @INTELSAT Thanks @INTELSAT! Really proud of the rocket and SpaceX team today. Min apogee requirement was 28,000 km, Falcon 9 achieved 43,000 km.

5.4K likes636 RT140 replies
Jan 18, 2025

RT @SpaceX: The second successful catch of the Super Heavy booster https://t.co/FanOyDoE8Z

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Aug 28, 2020

@flcnhvy @DJSnM Neuralink this month & Tesla next month, SpaceX probably October. We will have made a lot of progress by then. Might have a prototype booster hop done by then.

5.6K likes420 RT186 replies
Oct 14, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Super Heavy has splashed down in the Gulf of America, gathering data for the next generation booster https://t.co/o72ciKBZYm

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May 29, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Liftoff of the first flight-proven Super Heavy booster and thrice flown Raptor engine https://t.co/dwXkhVyRG6

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Feb 19, 2022

@ID_AA_Carmack SpaceX’s goal is to make life multiplanetary, whereas their goal is to put a handful of satellites in orbit

5.1K likes389 RT354 replies
Oct 8, 2020

@ErcXspace @SpaceX @Erdayastronaut @MarcusHouseGame @FelixSchlang Great render. Note, there will need to be an arm that lifts booster to launch stand & ship to booster.

5.8K likes133 RT133 replies
Nov 13, 2021

@_rykllan @SpaceX @NASASpaceflight @FelixSchlang @MarcusHouse @bluemoondance74 The rocket fleet grows

5.5K likes170 RT265 replies
Jul 31, 2021

@nextspaceflight Stage Zero, which is everything needed to launch & catch the rocket, is at least as hard as the booster or ship

5.3K likes223 RT152 replies
Jul 20, 2021

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

4.9K likes378 RT226 replies
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.

5.2K likes223 RT245 replies
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

3.4K likes991 RT262 replies
Nov 22, 2021

@ErcXspace @NASASpaceflight @SpaceX Long-term, ship would land on tower arms, like booster

5.0K likes206 RT193 replies
Jun 15, 2016

Ascent phase & satellites look good, but booster rocket had a RUD on droneship

2.8K likes1.2K RT171 replies
Jul 9, 2025

RT @SpaceX: Installing the redesigned fuel transfer tube into the first next generation Super Heavy booster. Roughly the same size as the…

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Jun 25, 2024

@JTLonsdale @JeffBezos In past years, Blue Origin also sued to stop SpaceX from using what is now our primary launchpad at 39A and tried to patent landing a rocket on a ship, even though that idea had been around for 70 years!

3.9K likes375 RT252 replies
Sep 27, 2016

12m rocket booster diameter, 17m spaceship diameter, 122 m stack height

3.2K likes928 RT161 replies
Mar 16, 2020

@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX @BoeingSpace @ulalaunch @Boeing Slight booster length increase to 70m, so 120m for whole system. Liftoff mass ~5000 mT.

4.6K likes219 RT166 replies
May 14, 2025

@teslaownersSV Later this year, if fate smiles upon SpaceX, the ship will be caught by the tower, just like the booster

2.9K likes312 RT301 replies
Nov 8, 2021

@Erdayastronaut @thesheetztweetz @BryceSpaceTech @SpaceX @Arianespace @ArianeGroup @roscosmos @northropgrumman @ulalaunch @torybruno @isro @RocketLab True

4.6K likes139 RT282 replies
Jan 31, 2021

@Erdayastronaut @TJ_Cooney @lrocket @SpaceX @FelixSchlang @MarcusHouseGame He became a big fan of methane, but was not pushing it initially. That came from me reading about Soviet methane engine tests that got over 380 Isp. At that Isp, a subcooled methane stage gets slightly better delta-V than a hydrogen stage.

4.6K likes151 RT168 replies
Aug 13, 2020

@TimFernholz Efficiently reusable rockets are all that matter for making life multiplanetary & “space power”. Because their rockets are not reusable, it will become obvious over time that ULA is a complete waste of taxpayer money.

4.2K likes338 RT221 replies
Jul 15, 2022

@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX @Caspar_Stanley @IzanRamos2002 All mass necessitated by an engine design should count as engine mass, eg shrouds, TVC hydraulic power or excess purge gas. Raptors in production now have electric TVC, saving over a ton of hydraulics mass on booster.

4.4K likes225 RT133 replies
Oct 8, 2020

@TashaARK Additive manufacturing of parts is still far too costly for cars, but can rapidly create tooling to accelerate pace of innovation. It’s already sensible for rocket engine parts. To the best of our knowledge, SpaceX is 2 or 3 years ahead of other companies in use of additive.

4.3K likes264 RT165 replies
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