# Starship
Latest news and articles about Starship
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Musk Says Moon Pivot Won't Abandon Mars — and May Even Help It
Elon Musk affirmed SpaceX will continue to pursue Mars even as the company signals a stronger near-term focus on building an autonomous lunar settlement within ten years. He suggested the lunar pivot would delay Martian autonomy by at most a few years and might accelerate Mars development by maturing needed technologies and logistics.
Musk’s Moon Plan: Build a Lunar Factory to Mass‑Produce AI Satellites
Elon Musk told xAI staff that the company should build a factory on the Moon to manufacture AI satellites, arguing lunar production would provide unmatched compute and deployment advantages. The plan leverages SpaceX’s heavy‑lift ambitions but faces significant technical, economic and regulatory hurdles and could reshape strategic competition over AI infrastructure in space.
Musk Recasts Space Strategy: From Mars Dream to a ‘Lunar Laboratory’ for AI and Industry
Elon Musk has repositioned SpaceX’s focus from Mars to the Moon, arguing that the Moon’s frequent launch windows and proximity allow faster, higher‑frequency testing and iteration. The plan pairs a lunar base near the south pole with orbital AI compute powered by solar energy and lunar manufacturing, but faces major technical, economic and geopolitical hurdles.
Musk’s New Bet: SpaceX Reorients Toward a Moon City — Ambitious Timeline, Big Questions
Elon Musk says SpaceX is prioritizing construction of a "self-expanding" lunar city, claiming it could be feasible within ten years because of faster launch cadence and shorter transit times to the Moon versus Mars. The announcement reflects a strategic shift toward nearer-term lunar activity, but meeting such a timetable would require major technical, regulatory and commercial breakthroughs.
SpaceX Reportedly Puts Mars on Hold to Prioritise an Unmanned Moon Landing
Cailian reports that SpaceX has told investors it will delay an in‑year Mars launch and concentrate on an uncrewed lunar landing targeted for March 2027. The shift responds to technical priorities, regulatory nudges from Washington and the company’s broader commercial and fundraising context, while leaving long‑term plans for Mars intact but deferred.
SpaceX Pivots from Mars to Moon, Aiming for Uncrewed Lunar Landing in March 2027
SpaceX has delayed a Mars mission slated for 2026 and told investors it will prioritise lunar operations tied to NASA, aiming for an uncrewed Moon landing in March 2027. The move recalibrates timelines, concentrates resources on an attainable near‑term goal and has implications for investors, U.S. space policy and international competition in cislunar space.
SpaceX Eyes a Starlink Phone — A Bid to Plug Direct Satellite Connectivity into the Trillion‑Dollar Mobile Market
SpaceX is preparing to develop a mobile device that can connect directly to its Starlink satellites, leveraging Starship launches, spectrum purchases and recent trademark and patent filings. If realised, a Starlink phone would expand SpaceX’s market reach, challenge traditional carriers, and tie into broader ambitions for space‑based data centres and orbital services.
Musk Bundles xAI into SpaceX to Chase a Radical Vision: AI Computes in Orbit
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s xAI with the stated aim of building solar‑powered data centres in orbit, a strategy Musk argues will solve the energy and scale limits of terrestrial AI. The plan links Starlink connectivity and Starship launch capacity into a long‑term bet that could reshape AI compute economics but faces steep technical, regulatory and financial hurdles.
Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI, Betting on an Orbital AI Datacentre and a $1.25tn Giant
Elon Musk has merged xAI into SpaceX in a stock-swap that values the combined entity at roughly $1.25 trillion and lays out a plan to move large-scale AI compute into orbit using Starship, Starlink and lunar resources. The integration aims to create virtually unlimited solar-powered compute capacity but faces steep technical, regulatory and geopolitical hurdles.
SpaceX Proposes a Million‑Satellite 'Orbital Data Center' to Power AI — but Approval, Cost and Safety Are Up in the Air
SpaceX has applied to the FCC for permission to deploy and operate up to one million satellites as an "Orbital Data Center" designed to host AI compute in space, linking to Starlink via optical intersatellite links and relying on Starship launches. The plan raises immediate questions about regulatory approval, collision risk, financing, and geopolitical and commercial consequences for cloud and satellite sectors.