Elon Musk Admits That He’s Not Sure Starship Will Even Work – Futurism

Starships are meant to die? Whoopsie Daisy

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk seems to have admitted that hes not positive his companys forthcoming Starship is going to work just a week after leaked emails revealed that the company is, in Musks own analysis, facing bankruptcy.

Musks comments came during a wide-ranging panel talk given at theWall Street Journals CEO Summit. AsCNBC space reporter Michael Sheetz noted, Musk emphasized how hard SpaceXs Starship project has been, saying that it absorbs more of my mental energy than probably any other single thing.

It is so preposterously difficult, he added, that there are times where I wonder whether we can actually do this.

Though its likely the comment was just braggadocio, its timing does feel telling, as he made it just a week after admitting in leaked emails to SpaceX employees that slow progress on the Raptor engines has put the company at genuine risk of bankruptcy, and after hinting at taking the company public.

During what will definitely be one of his most quotable public appearances lately, Musk made a number of outlandish statements: that we should just delete government infrastructure subsidies, that the decline in birth rates is one of the biggest risks to civilization, and that the US hasnt accepted that China really is going to be the big kid on the block.

Given that context, the commentary does seem a lot like Elon being Elon but then again, he doesnt exactly have a great track record.

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