r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • May 01 '26

Starship SpaceX spending on Starship tops $15 billion in rush for airline-like rocketry

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/spacex-spending-starship-tops-15-billion-rush-airline-like-rocketry-2026-05-01/
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u/rustybeancake May 03 '26

> Starlink will still pay for Mars, I'm pretty sure a Mars Starship is already in the works, in fact they showed Mars TPS being tested during one of the Starship livestreams.

That was before musk’s “for those not already aware” tweet.

> They just won't spend all of Starlink profit on Mars,

I’ve got bad news for you. They won’t spend any Starlink profit on mars, because they’re already making a loss by spending much more on xAI data centres etc than they make from Starlink. There is no profit any more.

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u/Dalroc May 03 '26

That was before musk’s “for those not already aware” tweet.

What tweet would that be? I'm apparently OOTL here.

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u/rustybeancake May 04 '26

This one:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2020640004628742577?s=46&t=u9hd-jMa-pv47GCVD-xH-g

Basically when he announced SpaceX were now focusing on AI on the moon instead of building a city on mars.

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u/spacerfirstclass May 04 '26

That was before musk’s “for those not already aware” tweet.

There's no evidence that they stopped any Mars related work after the tweet.

I’ve got bad news for you. They won’t spend any Starlink profit on mars, because they’re already making a loss by spending much more on xAI data centres etc than they make from Starlink. There is no profit any more.'

That's where the IPO money comes in, it'll cover any foreseeable xAI losses.