Musk's involvement in space policy raises potential conflicts of interest, and that's not the only change on the horizon.

Trump, as president-elect, travelled to Texas to watch the most recent Starship test alongside Musk: unfortunately the planned booster recovery wasn’t repeated. But right back to Falcon 1, SpaceX has seen early test failures, learned from them and gone on to succeed.

After the video clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson's monologue went viral, the Tesla CEO took to X and issued a response