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Oct 19, 2020

Musk Sees ‘Fighting Chance’ for Starship Mission to Mars in 2024

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX founder Elon Musk is “80%-90% confident” that the company’s massive new Starship rocket will reach orbit next year and said there’s a chance it will be ready for an uncrewed cargo mission to Mars in 2024.

The initial test flights will be difficult and carry a high risk of failure, Musk said Friday at a virtual session of the Mars Society’s 2020 conference. “We’ll probably lose a few ships before we get the atmospheric return and landing right,” he said.

Oct 18, 2020

Elon Musk Says The Sun Can Power All of Civilization

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, solar power, sustainability

All of Earth’s civilization could be powered purely on solar energy, says Elon Musk on Twitter. Discover the reason behind his love for solar energy.

Oct 18, 2020

Elon Musk’s Neuralink May Offer us Symbiosis With AI — Part 2

Posted by in categories: biological, Elon Musk, existential risks, neuroscience, robotics/AI

Elon Musk has warned many times about the dangers of AI. He sees strong artificial intelligence as an existential risk. Musk therefore wants to develop a brain machine interface or BMI device so we can merge with AI and hopefully develop a symbiotic relationship with artificial intelligence thus solve the AI control problem. Elon Musk has founded the neurotechnology company Neuralink. the company is focused on developing implantable brain machine interfaces. Neuralink has made recent headlines for its newest BMI device presented by Elon Musk.

In the short term, Neuralink’s BMI may be used to fix neurological problems and disorders. As Elon Musk has pointed out, over time, virtually everyone who gets old will suffer at least one if not multiple common neurological issues such as: Memory loss, hearing loss, seizures, strokes, brain damage etc.

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Oct 17, 2020

SpaceX Starship: Incredible image shows 3 Raptor engines taking shape

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a photo that shows just how far the company has come in terms of preparation for its upcoming tests.

Oct 16, 2020

FAA Revamps Space Launch Rules as SpaceX, Blue Origin Expand

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government, space travel

Commercial rocket ventures including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin should get a clearer path to space under new regulations that oversee non-government launches.

Oct 16, 2020

The Pentagon Wants Elon Musk to Yeet Cargo Around the Planet In an Hour

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, military, robotics/AI, satellites

Ogba Educational Clinic championing STEM Education and Artificial Intelligence in Africa.


Officials said SpaceX is working on rocket-based delivery of military supplies around the globe just days after the news that it’s developing missile-tracking satellites.

Oct 15, 2020

SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk responds to impressive render of future launch

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on a new fan render that shows the upcoming Starship “SN8” taking off.

Oct 15, 2020

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to Speak Virtually at 2020 Mars Society Convention

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

There’s no better way to kick-off Day 1 of the 2020 International Mars Society Convention than with a big announcement: SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk will be joining us virtually tomorrow (Friday, October 16th) at 3:00 pm PDT (6:00 pm EDT) [PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME] to provide our global audience with a special update about SpaceX and its plans for the Moon and Mars.

As a world leader in advocating for humanity to become a multi-planetary species, Mr. Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in 2002 with the goal of creating affordable (reusable) launch vehicles and spacecraft to help open up exploration and settlement of the solar system, including the planet Mars.

To date, SpaceX achievements include the first privately funded liquid propellant rocket to reach orbit (Falcon 1, 2008), the first private company to launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft (Dragon, 2010), the first private company to send a spacecraft to the ISS (Dragon, 2012), the first vertical take-off and vertical propulsive landing of an orbital rocket (Falcon 9, 2015) and the first private company to send astronauts to orbit and to the ISS (Crew Dragon Demo-2 Mission, 2020).

Oct 15, 2020

Elon Musk Shows Off Underside of Gigantic New Starship Prototype

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

“Will be less roomy with 3 vacuum rocket engines added.”

Oct 15, 2020

SpaceX hopes to launch two batches of Starlink satellites from Florida in one week

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

Elon Musk is looking to get caught up after several weeks marked by delays.