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The Atlantic / Getty Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius
The world’s richest man has some embarrassing friends.
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Win McNamee / Getty Elon Musk Is a ‘Nightmare Client’
Musk cites three reasons for terminating his merger with Twitter. A new lawsuit points out why each of those reasons is extremely flimsy.
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Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty; The Atlantic Everything About Twitter v. Musk Is Utter Nonsense
This dispute is where all sanity and logic go to die.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Of Course Elon Musk Wanted Twitter
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla—and the richest person in the world—is obsessed with his version of free speech.
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Mariana Suarez / AFP / Getty The War on Ukraine Is Testing the Myth of Elon Musk
The SpaceX CEO’s much-praised move to help keep the country online isn’t the magical fix it may seem.
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SpaceX What’s Standing in Elon Musk’s Way?
The SpaceX CEO is pushing to speed his Starship off the Earth, but encountering some friction.
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Patrick Pleul / Picture Alliance / Getty; The … A Question Only Elon Musk Can Answer
Why hasn’t he gone to space yet?
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SpaceX Elon Musk Must Be Pretty Relieved
SpaceX's first private astronauts have returned to Earth from a three-day stay in orbit.
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Thom Baur / Reuters SpaceX’s Private Astronauts Are Flying Higher Than the Space Station
The tourism era of American spaceflight is really, truly here.
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John Kraus / Inspiration4 Finally, a Private Spaceflight With a Billionaire You’ve Never Heard Of
SpaceX’s first space tourists are launching into orbit this week, and they seem almost normal.
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Will Heath / NBC Elon Musk Is Not Just a Celebrity
The Tesla CEO’s SNL performance was neither redemptive nor entertaining. But it served a classic purpose: glossing over his real power.
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Justin Chin / Bloomberg / Getty / The … Elon Musk Is Maybe, Actually, Strangely, Going to Do This Mars Thing
From his private Cape Canaveral, the billionaire is manifesting his own interplanetary reality—whatever the cost.
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Britta Pedersen / Getty / The Atlantic Elon Musk’s SNL Hosting Gig Is a Trap
By the time you understand the billionaire’s motives, you’ve already been trolled.
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Getty / The Atlantic The World’s Richest Men Are Brawling Over the Moon
NASA gave Elon Musk’s SpaceX a coveted contract for a lunar mission. Jeff Bezos plans to fight for it.
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Maja Hitij / Getty Not Everything Should Be a Moral Reckoning
Elon Musk’s critics are trying to dragoon Saturday Night Live into a needless political fight.
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JPL / Cornell / NASA Mars Is a Hellhole
Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.
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Getty / The Atlantic America’s New Vision of Astronauts
Once, American astronauts were white men with buzz cuts. Now they’re billionaires and a few lucky normal people.
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Win McNamee / Getty Elon Musk’s Lesson in How Not to Celebrate Diversity
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO proudly announced the recognition of Juneteenth as a holiday, with one big caveat.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Elon Musk Comes Within 20 Minutes of History
“That was one hell of a dress rehearsal.”
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Nisrine Ladrab American Spaceflight Is Now in Elon Musk’s Hands
The most important NASA mission in decades is about to lift off on a billionaire’s private rocket.
