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Elon Musk

What's on Elon Musk's mind?

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Starship's first real orbit 30% the Gibney doc platforms tried to mute 22% compute in orbit, rounding up to 100% 15% · newadmitting Grok is behind Anthropic 10% · neweverything else 23%
#1
Starship finally goes for orbit, with 26 Starlinks riding along

Flight 14 aims for a full orbit today carrying 26 Starlink satellites, after thirteen flights that stopped short.

SpaceX to launch most powerful rocket ever into orbit for first time – live updates

The Independent · 2026-09-28
our translation

thirteen flights of almost. he needs one clean orbit to turn starship from a fireworks show into a freight business, and he has told everyone to watch.

Launch window opens todayvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Platforms blocked ads for the Musk doc, then called it an error
Ad bans reversed within 48 hourspretty sure · 4 sources
#3
He now says space will be basically all of the world's compute
new — Google revealed an orbital data centerpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
He agreed, for now, that Grok trails Anthropic and OpenAI
new — Rare public concession on modelspretty sure · 3 sources
monday, september 28
Watch Starship Flight 14 clear the tower(on the schedule)
Post the orbital insertion confirmation within minutes(safe bet)
Check whether the Roadster event survives the weather(reported)
Reply to one Grok versus Claude benchmark post(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Elon Musk Says Starship Is Just ‘2 to 3 Years Away’ From Hourly Flights—Reaffirms Sept. 28 Launch for Fir

news.google.com · 2026-09-28

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