Musk’s lunar city plan supercharges America’s return to the moon

Musk’s lunar city plan supercharges America’s return to the moon

Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made a history-changing announcement on his social media platform X. In part he said: “For those who don’t know, SpaceX has already shifted its focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can achieve this in less than 10 years, while Mars takes 20 years or more.” … Read more

SpaceX acquires xAI as Musk seeks to combine AI and space ambitions

SpaceX acquires xAI as Musk seeks to combine AI and space ambitions

By Echo Wang and Joey Roulette Feb 2 (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence startup xAI, combining the rocket and satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot in a move aimed at combining Musk’s AI and space ambitions. “This marks ‌not only the next chapter, … Read more

China plans space-based AI data centers, challenging Musk’s SpaceX ambitions

China plans space-based AI data centers, challenging Musk’s SpaceX ambitions

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) – China plans to launch space-based artificial intelligence data centers over the next five years, state media reported on Thursday, challenging Elon Musk’s plan to use SpaceX data centers in the skies. China’s main space contractor, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), has pledged to “build a … Read more

What is Crew-11? What you need to know about astronauts who leave the space station early

What is Crew-11? What you need to know about astronauts who leave the space station early

After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut short their mission and return to Earth. Since early August, the crew of the joint NASA-SpaceX mission has lived and worked on the International Space Station, conducting scientific research and maintaining the iconic outpost. But a … Read more

‘You have to wonder what other tricks they’ve pulled’

‘You have to wonder what other tricks they’ve pulled’

Elon Musk is resorting to one of the oldest tricks in the book, robbing Peter to pay Paul, to boost demand for Cybertrucks. Electrek reported how Musk is using one of his companies, SpaceX, to help make up for a major lack of market for the controversial Cybertruck. Tesla faces challenges selling even 20,000 Cybertrucks … Read more