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Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$436 billion as of January 22, 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, [384] and $426 billion according to Forbes, [385] primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX.
Eventually, the vehicle lost control and spun erratically until the automated flight termination system was activated, which intentionally destroyed the rocket. Elon Musk, SpaceX, and other individuals familiar with the space industry have referred to the test flight as a success. [104] [105]
When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [17] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [6] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starship’s sixth test is scheduled for Monday, with the rocket set to take off at the Starbase launchpad in south Texas at 5 p.m. local time.
SpaceX has launched its Starship aircraft, the world’s most powerful rocket, with partial success. The two-stage rocketship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned company’s Starbase launch site ...
The second stage was also extended for greater fuel tank capacity. These upgrades brought a 33% increase to the previous rocket performance. [5] Five sub-variants have been flown; only Falcon 9 Block 5 is still active. [6] By default the first stage lands and gets reused, although it can be expended to increase the payload capacity. [7]
In November 2005, [3] before SpaceX had launched its first rocket, the Falcon 1, [4] CEO Elon Musk first mentioned a high-capacity rocket concept able to launch 100 t (220,000 lb) to low Earth orbit, dubbed the BFR. [3] Later in 2012, Elon Musk first publicly announced plans to develop a rocket surpassing the capabilities of the existing Falcon ...
A post shared on social media purports that X CEO Elon Musk threatened to suspend accounts that mock him. View on Threads Verdict: False Musk did not post this. The photo is edited from a ...