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Yichuan Cao / NurPhoto / Getty / The … The Cult of Elon Is Cracking
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is starting to alienate his fans.
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Win McNamee / Getty / The Atlantic The Thorniest Subject at NASA Right Now
The space agency is carefully following pandemic measures. Elon Musk thinks they’re overblown. But they’re going to the moon together.
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Loren Elliott / HECTOR MATA / Getty / … Why SpaceX Wants a Tiny Texas Neighborhood So Badly
The residents of Boca Chica didn’t ask Elon Musk to move in, but now his company is taking over.
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NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory / CTIO … The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same
Elon Musk’s plan for worldwide internet has sent bright artificial, lights streaking through the dark.
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Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP A Big Silly Cybertruck
Can it haul stuff? Hell yeah it can. It also looks like a Pokémon.
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Jae C. Hong / AP / Bill Ingalls … NASA Hands Elon Musk a Reality Check
A shared effort to deliver NASA astronauts to space recently got a little awkward.
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Callaghan O'Hare / Reuters SpaceX Has Starry-Eyed Ambitions for Its Starship
Elon Musk has laid out an ambitious future for his spaceship project, the effort to deliver people to the moon and Mars.
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David McNew / Getty Elon Musk’s Next Wild Promise
If someone is going to revolutionize what it means to be human, do we want it to be a tech titan?
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NASA Elon Musk Had a Great Week
What SpaceX’s triumphant mission means for American spaceflight
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Screenshot from DNA Friend A Satire Venture Co-founded by Elon Musk Arrives With a Thud
The media company, run by former Onion editors, promises that Musk—no longer part of the operation—isn’t responsible for the comedy.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Elon Musk’s Emotional Response to a Space Milestone
The space entrepreneur acknowledged the pressure of trying to help NASA launch Americans to space again.
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters When Elon Musk Switches on ‘Insane Mode’
“Someone with his combination of character traits—you’re always going to get the good with the bad.”
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Alex Wong / Getty / Will Mullery When Elon Musk Tunnels Under Your Home
The billionaire is drilling for futuristic transit under Los Angeles. He didn’t have to ask the neighbors first.
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Chris Carlson / AP The Problem with Popular Mechanics’ Love Letter to Elon Musk
The magazine’s editor acknowledged the cover story is a “puff piece,” but stood by his decision to defend the billionaire in dramatic fashion.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Elon Musk Isn’t Done Tweeting Yet
The Tesla CEO mocked the SEC in a tweet just days after settling a lawsuit with the agency over a different tweet.
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Bobby Yip / Reuters Elon Musk’s Fait Accompli
Musk and Tesla have settled the SEC’s securities-fraud lawsuit. The outcome feels like the end of an era for Musk.
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Joshua Lott / Getty Elon Musk Is His Own Worst Enemy
The SEC’s suit against the Tesla CEO is the latest sign that he can’t separate his company’s performance from his vision for the future.
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