While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."

SpaceX, the private space technology company owned by Elon Musk, is asking federal authorities to approve a new round of tests for a prototype reusable rocket, but some of them may never make it back to the surface intact and will crash in the ocean.

SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.

“It’s weird if it doesn’t explode, frankly,” Musk said in 2021, “because we’re trying to develop advanced rockets at a high speed and if you want to get payload to orbit, you have to run things close to the edge.”

Ritesh Agarwal shared details about the evening, emphasizing that the delegation was served an exclusively vegetarian dinner.

Elon Musk, in a first-of-its-kind event, hosted a delegation of leading Indian business figures at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas. The gathering, led by India Global Forum (IGF) Founder Manoj Ladwa, provided an opportunity for Indian entrepreneurs to engage directly with Musk and tour the company's cutting-edge space exploration facilities.

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk met India’s top founders and business executives at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the explosion of the company’s Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test Thursday as “barely a bump in the road,” underlining the momentum behind the commercial space giant.

Elon Musk hosted a delegation of top Indian business leaders at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas, marking a unique event. Led by India Global Forum Founder Manoj Ladwa, the gathering allowed Indian entrepreneurs to interact with Musk and explore SpaceX's advanced space exploration technologies.

The seventh test of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket was nothing short of exhilarating, with a fiery explosion and a successful booster catch.