SpaceX

thumb|SpaceX dominance ‘eclipses East India Company at its peak’ ~Cambridge thumb|Our mission is to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private US aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has developed the Falcon launch vehicle family and the Dragon spacecraft family. Quotes Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough Musk (Oct 08, 2015) I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact. Musk (September 26, 2023) Our mission is to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars. IPO prospectus quoted in "SpaceX plans to explore 'the true nature of the universe' as it preps for mega IPO", CBS News (May 21, 2026) Quotes about SpaceX While Elon Musk is talking about that, Ford is increasing their investment overwhelmingly, Ford is increasing investment and building new electric vehicles. Six thousand new employees, union employees I might add, in the Midwest. So, you know, lots of luck on his trip to the moon. We [SpaceX] started off with just a few people who really didn't know how to make rockets. And the reason that I ended up being the chief engineer or chief designer, was not because I want to, it's because I couldn't hire anyone. Nobody good would join. So I ended up being that by default. And I messed up the first three launches. Elon Musk, Sep, 2017 When starting SpaceX I thought the odds of success were less than 10%, and I just accepted that I would probably just lose everything. But that maybe we would make some progress. If we could just move the ball forward, even if we died some other company could pick up the baton and keep moving it forward. So that would still do some good. Elon Musk, Sep, 2016 In the long term, space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale. It’s always sunny in space! "Elon Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company" APNews (February 3 2026) I honestly think the idea with the current landscape of putting data centers in space is ridiculous. It will make sense someday. We are not there yet. There will come a time. Orbital data centers are not something that's going to matter at scale this decade. Sam Altman quoted in "Altman calls Musk's space data center plans 'ridiculous' for current AI computing needs", Fox Business (February 23, 2026) See also SpaceX Starship External links Official website Category:Companies of the United States