Elon Musk for reusable rockets

New Delhi: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday called the need for fully reusable rockets & spacecraft, and not another capsule, even as rival Boeing’s much-awaited Starliner yet again scrubbed its crewed mission.

“The world doesn’t need another capsule,” the tech billionaire said in a post on X.com. “What matters is fully reusable rockets and spacecraft,” he added.

His comments come as Boeing on Friday scrubbed the Starliner manned mission, which was expected to launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Indian-Origin Sunita Williams to the space station. But it was stalled just two hours before the launch after facing an issue with a valve in the rocket’s upper stage.