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Elon Musk's SpaceX is one of the enterprises visibly making America great again. It is CRUSHINGLY DOMINANT in delivering payloads to space, and it's a fascinating company. Here's a look at it as the most gigantic space vehicle ever made nears commercial use.
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The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver? "This is such a wild ride. The highs are high. The lows are low." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/the-us-space-enterprise-is-desperately-waiting-for-starship-will-it-finally-deliver/

Includes this graph of how much upmass has been carried by each provider; SpaceX launched 82 percent of all mass into orbit in 2025

Friday's launch of the new V3 Starship went well:

SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/spacexs-starship-v3-still-a-work-in-progress-mostly-successful-on-first-flight/

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