Exclusive-Trump likely to axe space council after SpaceX lobbying, sources say
President Donald Trump's new administration is likely to do away with the White House's National Space Council, a cabinet policy panel that lobbyists at Elon Musk's SpaceX have been pushing to axe, according to three people familiar with the plans.
President Trump: "American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars"
What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means
Elon Musk Is Already Playing Spoiler to Trump's AI Plans
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced Stargate, a new entity that plans to invest $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure with the goal of making advancements in industries like health care and positioning the U.S. as the leader in AI.
Rocket Lab and Other Space Stocks Are Soaring. Donald Trump Wants to Go to Mars.
President Donald Trump set a bold new goal in his inauguration speech. He wants to go to Mars—and space stocks Rocket Lab USA, Intuitive Machines, Redwire to the moon. Details are thin, but the aspiration should benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a bevy of publicly traded commercial space stocks.
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High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration
Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives predicts that Musk’s revenues from the government are poised to skyrocket under the new administration, calling it “golden era” for him and his companies with Trump in the White House.
DOGE Faces Lawsuit Immediately After Trump Is Sworn In
A lawsuit was due to be filed minutes after Donald Trump was sworn in Monday, questioning DOGE's compliance with federal transparency laws.
'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mars
"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes during test flight
Starship experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," which is a phrase SpaceX coined to describe an explosion.
SpaceX to attempt booster catch, Starlink deployment test in 7th Starship flight
SpaceX is preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon from Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas.
SpaceX loses Starship rocket minutes after liftoff from Texas launchpad
A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
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How to make Donald Trump's Martian plan a reality: "Going to the red planet without passing through the Moon is possible, but much riskier"
Influenced by Elon Musk, the US president is set to execute the plan outlined by Obama in 2010 and canceled by himself in 2017. Experts see it as "impossible" for the US flag to wave on Mars during his term,
Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project
Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president.
Trump highlights partnership investing $500 billion in AI
President Donald Trump talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to AI by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.