22 Jun 2026
Meet the 2 men putting New York's $300 billion pension fund in play for the first time in 20 years
On paper, New York State Comptroller is a sleepy job. No press secretary emerges from the office to spin the Sunday shows. No Twitter feuds, no viral moments. A recent poll found that 65% of New York Democrats have never heard of the man who has held the position for two decades. What Thomas DiNapoli actually controls is another matter entirely. As sole trustee of the New York State Common…
22 Jun 2026
10 milestones that helped shape SpaceX
10 Milestones That Helped Shape SpaceX Since its founding in 2002, SpaceX has grown from a small startup with ambitious goals into one of the most influential companies in the aerospace industry. Through a combination of reusable rockets, commercial partnerships, and ambitious long-term plans, the company has transformed how governments, businesses, and the public think about spaceflight. From…
22 Jun 2026
Musk's original 2001 Mars plan was almost childishly simple: land a small greenhouse on the red planet to reignite public excitement for space, the seed idea t…
In the autumn of 2001, a 30-year-old Elon Musk sat in a Moscow hotel room with rocket scientist Jim Cantrell and aerospace consultant Mike Griffin, negotiating to buy refurbished Soviet Dnepr intercontinental ballistic missiles. He wanted to bolt a small robotic greenhouse onto the nose of one, fire it to Mars, and broadcast pictures of green shoots growing in red regolith back to Earth. He…
21 Jun 2026
Tesla Semi spotted with ground truth validation equipment as launch looms
The Tesla Semi was spotted mounted with ground truth validation equipment as the company nears its looming launch. The Semi is Tesla's Class 8 all-electric truck, and has been utilized in its earlier stages by many companies like PepsiCo. and Frito-Lay, who have been using it in a pilot program.
21 Jun 2026
Elon Musk: The man trying to make space cheap
For most of human history, transportation became less expensive when vehicles were reused. Ships crossed oceans thousands of times. Aircraft carried passengers for decades. Even the family car is expected to last for years before being replaced. Yet, for much of the space age, rockets operated according to a very different logic. They were among the most sophisticated and expensive machines ever…
20 Jun 2026
Tesla’s Radical Makeover: Robot Factory Retooling, Musk’s Voting Power, and a Two-Speed Sales St
Elon Musk has cemented his grip on Tesla’s future by exercising options on more than 300 million shares, pushing his voting stake to just under 20%. The move arrives as the company accelerates its shift from a carmaker into an artificial-intelligence and robotics powerhouse – a transition that is already reshaping factory floors, product plans, and investor expectations.
20 Jun 2026
SpaceX valuation hinges on uncertain AI economics, says Professor Aswath Damodaran
After Elon Musk's SpaceX completed its market debut, veteran valuation expert Aswath Damodaran has warned that the company’s soaring valuation rests heavily on uncertain assumptions around artificial intelligence (AI), even as its core businesses remain relatively niche.
20 Jun 2026
SpaceX Starfall Demo Flies Tuesday: Disk Capsule Bets on Orbital Manufacturing Scale
SpaceX is preparing to fly its first Starfall prototype on Tuesday, June 23, in a low-profile demo that could upend the economics of an entire emerging industry. The disk-shaped reentry capsule — designed to return up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo from orbit — is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 6:43 a.m. ET, with a window that closes at 7:43 a.m. ET. The…
20 Jun 2026
Why odds of SpaceX merger with Tesla keep climbing every time the stock shoots up
In a CNBC interview on June 12, host Morgan Brennan asked SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell whether the rocket and AI player might buy Elon Musk’s second largest holding, Tesla. She didn’t dismiss the possibility, and even suggested that it might make sense. “There’s a convergence we’re all trying to accomplish in the future,” she declared, adding that the tie-up “might make Elon’s life a…
