X Freeze(@XFreeze ):Elon Musk once revealed in 2019 that only around 5% of SpaceX resources were focused on Starship at that time The other ~95% were running Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon - one of the most successful orbital rocket programs in history A small dedicated team built Starship (starting in tents at Boca Chica), while the rest of the company kept launching astronauts and landing boosters Today, that same program has scaled massively - with roughly 3,400–4,000+ people focused on it, out of SpaceX’s ~13,000–15,000 total employees The Starship program has shifted from a “side project” to the central pillar of the SpaceX's long-term goal: making life multi-planetary Now it's like watching sci-fi become reality

2026.05.05 06:41

Elon Musk once revealed in 2019 that only around 5% of SpaceX resources were focused on Starship at that time The other ~95% were running Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon - one of the most successful orbital rocket programs in history A small dedicated team built Starship (starting in tents at Boca Chica), while the rest of the company kept launching astronauts and landing boosters Today, that same program has scaled massively - with roughly 3,400–4,000+ people focused on it, out of SpaceX’s ~13,000–15,000 total employees The Starship program has shifted from a “side project” to the central pillar of the SpaceX's long-term goal: making life multi-planetary Now it's like watching sci-fi become reality