🚀 2025 PAYLOAD DOMINATION: SpaceX vs. THE WORLDSpaceX just dropped ~90% of ALL payload mass humanity launched to orbit in 2025.165 record-shattering Falcon 9 launches (mostly Starlink) + Starship test flights carried the vast majority — while the entire rest of the planet (China, Russia, everyone else) scraped together the other ~10%.Elon nailed it: “SpaceX will carry ~90% of the world’s payload mass to space this year, so it is pretty much Earth’s space program.”Reusable rockets changed everything. The gap ...

“Elon Musk and [SpaceX] have gained a lot of confidence that Starship is going to be flying reliably and reusable this year in 2026… Within ~2 years, the company is going to have excess capacity. They could launch all the Starlink data satellites and all the direct-to-cell satellites they wanted. And they probably still have excess launch capacity in 2028 or 2029.” ...

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Reusable rockets are the holy grail of rocketryIt’s a must to go to Mars https://t.co/6whcEyfBsf ...

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Initial Perception of OpenAI - OpenAI's launch initially faced predominantly negative press, with skepticism from the AI research community regarding the possibility of a small group achieving AGI [1] - A significant critique was the lack of published papers, especially concerning scaling laws, which contrasted with the traditional academic focus on publications [2][3] Contrarian Success & Customer Focus - The report highlights the importance of focusing on customer outcomes rather than solely optimizing for academic recognition [3] - Similar to Elon Musk's experience with SpaceX, OpenAI's founders needed to persevere despite widespread doubt and criticism [3][4][6] - SpaceX faced initial skepticism and negative press, particularly regarding reusable rockets, with experts deeming it impossible [4] Importance of Independent Thinking - The report emphasizes the need to critically evaluate information sources, prioritizing personal experience and direct interactions over mainstream opinions [6][7] - It cautions against relying on social media and the opinions of famous individuals, advocating for a focus on solving problems for a specific group of people [7]

Reusable rockets is the holy grail of rocketry. These are huge steps for catches in the next version. https://t.co/BPzSeg8Ysd ...

Reusable Rocket Technology - Reusable rockets are key for Mars missions [1] - The reusable rocket program started one year ago [1] Starship Program - Starship has achieved 3 catches [1]

SpaceX is solving the holy grail of rocketry.Rapidly reusable rockets. https://t.co/KgsKm5O5dH ...

Reusable rockets in the only way to build a city on Mars https://t.co/OZj5VqqMK2 ...