Elon Musk’s SpaceX is creating history and how. The aerospace giant has decided to launch the first-ever all-civilians mission to space sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. Named Inspiration 4, the SpaceX mission will send four people on a multi-day trip into low-earth orbit. The vehicle chosen for the historic expedition is the…
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How Will Elon Musk’s $100 Million XPRIZE Work For Carbon Removal
Elon Musk notified the world that he would be donating $100 million to pursue new technologies for carbon capture, methods through which carbon dioxide can be actively extracted from the atmosphere as a means to help stave off climate change. As TechCrunch reported in January when he made the tweet, Musk’s sizeable pool of monetary…
Tesla Stock Sinks After Elon Musk Rejects Questions on Cash
The earnings report started optimistically enough, with Elon Musk forecasting an end to Tesla Inc.’s cash-burning days after blazing through another $1 billion last quarter. But by the end of Tesla’s first-quarter conference call, Musk was berating analysts for asking “boring” questions, and any shred of predictability was out the window. Investors cringed, sending the…