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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years

Elon Musk will obviously be at the top of the list, owing to his multiple ventures, including X, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI and more. Now, he has received permission to open doors of his own kind of a pre-kindergarten Montessori school in Texas, whose initial permit has now been processed.

Trump's recent electoral victory, rumours and speculation have circulated that NASA's giant Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), could be under threat. The rocket is one of several key elements needed for the US space agency's Artemis programme, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972. For the first lunar landing mission, called Artemis III, the SLS will launch four astronauts on NASA's Orion crew capsule. Orion will then travel to the Moon. Once in lunar orbit, Orion will dock with Elon Musk's Starship vehicle (which has been launched separately). Two astronauts will float into Starship, which undocks from Orion and travels down to the lunar surface.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Leading members of the US political and economic establishment are either ecstatic or nervous about Donald Trump’s second term, depending on their respective world-views. Many imponderables cloud the horizon, given some of the unknown quantities in the Trump cabinet or the difficulty in predicting the gap between pre-poll rhetoric and actual policy roll-out.

Elon Musk recently shared details about his conversation with Barron Trump during Thanksgiving celebrations at Mar-a-Lago. The event, hosted by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence, featured a grand Thanksgiving dinner attended by family members and prominent guests, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his mother, Maye Musk. Videos from the gathering went viral, showing the Musks seated at the same table as Mr. Trump, his wife Melania, and their youngest son, Barron. The clips sparked widespread curiosity about the topics discussed among the VIP guests. In response to a lighthearted post on X (formerly Twitter), where a user jokingly imagined a conversation between Mr. Trump and Barron, Musk revealed he had been discussing «consciousness and video games» with the president-elect's son. Maye Musk joined the thread, praising Barron as «very smart» and noting that he and Elon had spoken throughout the evening.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk’s influence over federal spending will flow through a White House budget office that helps develop regulations that affect his business empire. President-elect Donald Trump has asked Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur who ran for president, to open a Department of Government Efficiency that will suggest ways to cut spending.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An underappreciated force behind great technological change is intense—and petty—rivalry. In the “war of the currents" in the late 19th century, Thomas Edison electrocuted stray animals to discredit Nikola Tesla.

Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, recently shared insights into the unique dynamic between her son and President-elect Donald Trump. In an appearance on Fox Business' Varney & Co., she discussed the close bond they share, revealing some surprising details about their interactions and their shared vision for America’s future.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk and Mukesh Ambani, two of the world's richest persons, are circling over India's satellite broadband market—possibly the next frontier of the Indian telecom wars—and taking opposing positions. With less telecom infrastructure needed on ground, satellites are an alternative way to offer broadband services, and Musk has more satellites in orbit than anyone else.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. YOU WOULD have thought Elon Musk was busy enough building brain implants, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, robots, rockets, satellites and tunnelling machines. Apparently not.

ISS, astronauts are subsisting on soup prepared from their own urine. As rations get tight, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been trapped in space since June, are subsisting on recycled pee soup; however, their rescue mission isn't scheduled until 2025, as quoted in a report by the Daily Star. After surviving on soup made from their recycled urine, the astronauts who became stranded on the International Space Station have raised concerns about weight loss. When they departed in June, Butch Wilmore, 61, and Sunita Williams, 59, were only expected to be in space for eight days. However, they were left stranded when the Boeing Starliner aircraft that was meant to return them to Earth experienced thruster problems and helium leaks, making a manned return journey too risky.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. During his victory speech on election night, Donald Trump touched on most of the standard topics for such occasions. He thanked his supporters and his staff.

Elon Musk joined Google CEO Sundar Pichai on a call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, according to The Information. Pichai called Trump to congratulate him on his victory over Kamala Harris in the recently concluded U.S. presidential election. While the conversation details remain unclear, Musk reportedly listened in as Pichai conveyed his message to Trump.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has told investors it raised $5 billion in a funding round valuing it at $50 billion—more than twice what it was valued at several months ago. Qatar’s sovereign-wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority, and investment firms Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are expected to participate in the round, according to people familiar with the matter.

SpaceX, a company founded by Elon Musk, to launch its newest communication satellite, GSAT-N2. This decision stems from the limitations of India's current launch vehicles, which cannot handle payloads exceeding 4,000 tonnes, as explained by former officials from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The satellite was successfully placed into orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from a US launch site. Weighing 4,700 kg, the GSAT-N2 is a high-throughput satellite designed to boost broadband services and in-flight connectivity throughout India, according to NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO's commercial arm. Former ISRO chairperson K Sivan stated, «The satellite (launched by SpaceX) was a heavier one beyond the capability of ISRO launch vehicles, that's why it has gone outside.» He further explained that ISRO's current capacity is capped at four tonnes, falling short of the 4.7-tonne weight of GSAT-N2. However, Sivan assured that efforts are underway to increase the capabilities of ISRO launch vehicles.

GSAT-N2 has been successfully placed in orbit by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk’s space tech firm and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) commercial arm NSIL said in a series of social media posts early on Tuesday. “Deployment of @NSIL_India GSAT-N2 confirmed,” SpaceX said in a post on microblogging site X at 12.36 am on Tuesday. Shortly after, NSIL posted, “Successfully into the orbit.” The 4,700-kg satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, has been injected into the desired geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) and Isro’s Master Control Facility (MCF) has taken control of the satellite, NSIL said. «Preliminary data indicates the satellite is in good health,” it added.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional

On Saturday, Elon Musk shared who he is endorsing for Treasury secretary on <a href=«https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1857819784865362211?ref_src=» https: target="_blank">X

NASA return to the Moon, or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science, or pivot away? President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program, as per a report. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history — qualities tailor-made for space exploration, AFP reported. In short, «it's going to be a wild ride,» said George Nield, president of Commercial Space Technologies, a consultancy group for the private space industry. «People are tightening their seat belts and hoping for the best.»

Premier Doug Ford’s government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern Ontario.