Elon Musk on the incredible scale of Starship.
"Hard to believe that humans made such a thing. I think the future will look back and say, 'Not bad for a bunch of humans.'"
Musk says Starship could completely transform humanity's ability to move mass into space.
Today, humanity puts roughly 2,500 tonnes into orbit each year.
With Starship, Musk believes that could rise to more than 1 million tonnes per year—and potentially approach 10 million tonnes.
Those numbers sound almost impossible.
But Musk says that's the kind of scale required to build a sustainable civilization on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
"If you can't deliver millions of tons to Earth orbit, you can't get the millions of tons you need to the Moon and Mars."
He calls Starship arguably one of the hardest engineering projects humanity has ever attempted.
And the team is pushing forward across engines, avionics, structures, and launch operations.
The goal isn't just a bigger rocket.
It's the infrastructure for a multiplanetary civilization. 🌍→🌙→🔴