After CEO Elon Musk extended an offer to help Puerto Rico earlier this month, Tesla is following through on a pledge to contribute to rebuilding the power grid devastated by Hurricane Maria, leaving thousands of people without electricity. In a tweet Tuesday, Tesla posted photos of Hospital del Niño and the solar and power storage […]
Billionionaire Elon Musk Paid a Paltry $5 Hour to Foreign Workers to Paint a Shop in California…
Techno-wonder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk apologized and promised to investigate allegations the electric vehicle maker paid foreign workers a wage of $5 per hour to slap together a paint shop in California. Musk’s electric vehicle company used approximately 140 Eastern Europeans to erect a body shop in Northern…
Elon Musk Wants to Launch Manufacturer of Nice Cyborgs…
The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday — the same day as the theater opening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D — that Musk is sponsoring a new start-up named Neuralink Corporation, which has already raised the first $27 million of its $100 million goal to create a system that will implant electrodes in human […]
China’s Secret Plan to Crush SpaceX and the U.S. Space Program…
China’s breakneck economic expansion may be flagging, but the country’s ambitions in space show no signs of slowing down. Alongside ongoing efforts to rival NASA by placing robotic landers, and eventually astronauts, on the moon and Mars, China’s government is increasingly looking to its burgeoning space sector to rival U.S. companies like Jeff Bezos’ Blue […]
There’s Something Familiar About This Rocket Elon Musk Wants to Send to Space…
If the rocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to launch next week looks familiar, that’s because it is. The Falcon 9 rocket slated to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has flown before, marking the first time Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will refly one of the 14-story-tall boosters it recovered from past […]
Elon Musk Pledges to Solve South Australia’s Energy Problems in 100 Days Or Do It for Free…
Billionaire Elon Musk has offered SolarCity services to help South Australia tackle blackouts across the state. Musk promised to solve the problem in 100 days, or he will do it for free. South Australia is vulnerable due to its energy requirements. Last September, storms led to a state-wide blackout, forcing the shutdown of ports and […]
Finally, Someone Has a Realistic Timeline for Mars Colonization–the UAE…
NASA says it intends to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, but the space agency does not have a realistic budget to do so. SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will send the first human colonists to Mars in the 2020s, but his company also lacks the funding to implement its bold plans without a […]