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Elon Musk Says Humanity Cannot Be Multiplanetary Without Reusable Rockets, Draws Parallel To US Colonization
YahooMay 5, 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the importance of reusable rockets was crucial for humans to become a multiplanetary civilization amid the billionaire’s Mars colonization goals. Cannot Become Multiplanetary Without Reusable Rockets Responding to a post by Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, which shared that SpaceX had reduced costs per kg to orbit by 500x from approximately “$54,500 (Shuttle era) to ~$1,500.” Everyone obsesses over Starship's height and thrust.The number that actually matters
