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Musk is behind the SpaceX push to get humans to Mars , founded Tesla, OpenAI and Neurolink and is the world's richest man.

President Donald Trump recently announced an ambitious goal: sending astronauts to Mars within four years, aligning with the length of a presidential term ...

What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and ...

The president said Musk won’t have the unfettered ability to dismantle the government, but for now their relationship is ...

A book called "Mars Project" originated as a technical appendix to a science fiction novel, both of which were written by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun.  The technical appendix was ...