Elon Musk is ready to get obsessed with his companies again. There’s a lot for him to obsess over at Tesla, SpaceX and xAI.

In a presentation to SpaceX employees about plans to colonize Mars, Musk also said he wants SpaceX to make a staggering 1,000 Starship vehicles per year.

Critics of longtermism say it appeals to wealthy tech moguls precisely because it adds a sheen of morality to their masters-of-the-universe projects. They also say that the moguls’ ultimate goal is a utopian civilization of humans, biological and robotic, all A.I. enhanced.

I'm incredibly excited, as part of the Ars Live series, to host a conversation with some of the very best space reporters in the business this afternoon, May 29, at 3 pm EDT about the future of NASA and its deep space exploration ambitions. You can watch Ars Live here.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was granted special government employee status to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, said Wednesday evening that his time in the Trump administration has come “to an end.

The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.