Joel C. Sercel, PhD

@JoelSercel · Oct 25, 2025

To understand how far superior the Chinese space industry is to all elements of the U.S. industry (except SpaceX), consider that the Zhuque-3 has been in development for 26 months. The New Glenn has been in development for more than 260 months (it’s fair to say the New Glenn has

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Despite significant growth by our competitors, especially China, SpaceX will probably increase from ~90% of Earth’s total payload to orbit to ~98% in about 24 months due to Starship

01:41 PM · October 26, 2025 · 239.3K views

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