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[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Starbase is not just where Starship launches

It is where SpaceX is building the infrastructure of a multiplanetary civilization

The journey to Moon & Mars begins here

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell just laid out the official launch roadmap for Starship, and the cadence is about to go vertical

Here's the timeline:
• Flight 13: Launch is roughly a month away
• Flight 14: The big one. SpaceX intends to attempt a full orbital injection
• Post-Flight 14 Cadence: SpaceX plans to transition to an unprecedented launch rate of flying every single month

Shotwell confirmed they expect Starship to be fully operational in orbit by the end of this year. The regulatory approval from the FAA remains the primary bottleneck, but the manufacturing and engineering pipeline is completely locked in

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Elon Musk breaks down the exact playbook legacy media uses for propaganda and how they intentionally shape false narratives:

“Unfortunately, what I’ve learned is that legacy media propaganda is very effective at making people believe things that aren’t true

An example is people calling me a Nazi over a random hand gesture at a rally, when all I was saying was, ‘My heart goes out to you,’ while talking about space travel”

They do it on repetition all at once; essentially, that will end up outweighing the reality

Repeat a narrative enough times, amplify it across headlines, television, and social media, and millions will believe it without ever examining the full context or even the actual reality

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

The day Elon Musk told X advertisers to "go fck yourselves" he was worth $220 billion

Today he's worth $1.1 trillion

[Muskonomy @muskonomy]

NEWS: SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell is now worth $1.3 billion.

She joined SpaceX in 2002 as its 11th employee. Today she runs the company's day to day operations as President and COO.

Forbes just placed her on its 2026 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women.

Employee number 11 to billionaire.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

SpaceX AI Satellites

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell on CNBC yesterday on Elon Musk:

"I think he is very misunderstood across the board. I want people to know him. In fact, he participated in some of the discussions that we’ve had over the last couple of weeks with investors.

The investors left saying: ‘I had no idea that is the man.’

I said: That’s the man I’ve worked for 24 years. I love him."

Gwynne joined SpaceX in 2002 as the company’s 11th employee. She’s awesome. What a journey.

[ΛI DRIVR @AIDRIVR]

I calculated Tesla FSD's reaction time

[Naval @naval]

Science is not a process, a credential, or an institution.

It is the unflinching pursuit of truth, carried out by the few, co-opted by the many.

[Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani]

About 5 years ago, Elon was giving @Erdayastronaut a tour of the Starbase launchpad. A worker at the site walks up, hugs him, and says: “We’re going to make it.”

He’s probably a millionaire now.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

They will

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Did he stab someone ?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Within ~5 years, probably ~5 times as many satellites as rest of world

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

When most companies' opening remarks during their IPOs were about profit, today it hits something different.

It is hope.

The once-inspiring future that excited us when we were young but that we dropped after growing up—we have found it again.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship is a very big rocket

[Kevin Patrick Mahaffey @dropalltables]

Oh yes, I remember that Bond film where the villain decarbonized the auto industry, brought fast internet to everyone on the planet, and helped paralyzed people interact with the world again.

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

The Falcon 1 is small potatoes now, but reporting on its development is really what got me hooked on @SpaceX. Loved the tales of a bunch of 20 somethings stuck on Kwajalein Atoll trying to make a rocket fly.

The company ended up being one tiny error on the fourth launch from going out of business, but it somehow launched and survived.

Am still so amused by @elonmusk reading rocket books post PayPal and now getting to this point. Seems just about impossible.

Is a shame there has not been a movie made about these times. Hollywood kinda hates Elon and doesn't want to see it made, but it's the ultimate next chapter to The Right Stuff.

[Nic Cruz Patane @niccruzpatane]

Haha this is awesome. Elon agreed to the "greenshoe" IPO option but only if the bankers and team all wore actual green shoes 😂🔥

(A "greenshoe" is a standard IPO provision that allows underwriters to sell up to ~15% more shares than originally planned if demand is strong, helping stabilize the stock price in early trading.)

[Ron Baron @RonBaronAnalyst]

Last week, I attended the @ElonMusk and Jamie Dimon @SpaceX discussion at J.P. Morgan. Jamie asked Elon how he had changed over the past 20 years as a leader and a person.

Elon's answer wasn't about success. It was about what's next. He said he has learned a lot...has made mistakes and still has much to learn...

Then he added, “I think maybe the future AI will say ‘not bad for a human’."

Elon, thank you so much for what you've done for humanity. Congrats to you, @Gwynne_Shotwell, @BretWJ, and the entire team. What is even more remarkable... this feels like day one, that you are just getting started.

PS. When people ask "what is the next SpaceX and who is the next Elon?" Simple answer.

There is NO NEXT!!!

Elon Musk is a mensch!