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Taylor Odisho

Elon Musk Claims SpaceX Will Launch 90% of Earth's Rockets to Orbit This Year: 'This Is Necessary to Make Mars a Self-Sustaining Civilization'

Musk's comments were made in response to a video from "Ellie in Space," a self-stylized independent journalist. (Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Elon Musk claimed his space technology company, SpaceX, will launch more than 90% of Earth's rockets into orbit this year.

"China will be ~5% and rest of world, including rest of America, around 5%," Musk stated in an X post shared Saturday. "When Starship is launching at high rate, SpaceX will probably carry >99% of Earth's payload mass to orbit."

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