Sometimes It's Too Slow
Spyglass
February 9, 2026
I mean, he just sort of says it. "You can mark my words. In 36 months โ but probably closer to 30 months โ the most economically compelling place to put AI will be space." It's about 4 whole minutes into a nearly 3 hour long podcast, when Elon Musk makes his proclamation. Of course, it was one he's made before, in his own post announcing the merger of SpaceX and xAI. But the whole "mark my words" bit feels pretty definitive...
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