Elon Musk discusses technology companies moving to Austin, Texas, on Joe Rogan’s podcast, calling him a ‘megaboom’. Susan Li, FOX Business, with more.
Billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged the fiery death of the SpaceX SN10 spacecraft prototype on Friday.
“SN10 is in Valhalla now,” he tweeted to his more than 48.5 million followers, alongside a video of the incident.
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In Norse mythology, Valhalla is the great hall where heroes who died nobly in battle are received.
It was a recurring theme for Musk, tweeting just three minutes earlier: “Cybervikings of Mars”.
The Vikings, Scandinavian seafaring invaders also known as the Norse, date back to the 8th century. His age lasted less than 300 years, but his tradition was passed on and exists in popular culture.
In addition, Musk has big plans for a mission to the red planet and, in December, said he remains “highly confident” that SpaceX will land humans on Mars by 2026.
The SN10 spacecraft is an important part of that journey, although Wednesday’s explosion was not the first. The spacecraft technically landed “in one piece” during the high altitude suborbital test before it exploded on the airstrip in Boca Chica, Texas.
The Starship is also a crucial component of Musk’s private commercial space travel proposal scheduled for 2023.
The stainless starship is 160 feet high and 30 feet in diameter. SpaceX says it can carry more than 100 metric tons in orbit.
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Company officials said Starship, like its Falcon 9 rocket, could start launching satellites into Earth orbit in 2022, according to Space.com.
James Leggate of Fox Business contributed to this report.