Spacex on the Joe Rogan Experience
7 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Nov 2024 to Feb 2025
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“I have not seen SpaceX launches 90% of all satellite mass to orbit. So if you take all of Earth's rocket launches, my company has a 90% market share of Earth, …”
Musk claims SpaceX launches 90% of all satellite mass to orbit globally, with China at about 5% and everyone else (Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop) making up the remaining 5%.
“we've now taken people to orbit and back. We've taken over 50 people, over 50 astronauts.”
Musk claims SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has taken over 50 astronauts to orbit and back.
“I mean, SpaceX, you know, my company, SpaceX has the most advanced rocket technology in the world. I think I'd know.”
Musk claims that because SpaceX has the world's most advanced rocket technology and he holds top-level security clearance, he would know if secret government UAP propulsion technology existed, and says none does.
“The Biden administration was also suing SpaceX. They had this massive lawsuit against SpaceX for SpaceX not hiring Asylum seekers.”
Musk claims the Biden administration's DOJ sued SpaceX specifically for not hiring asylum seekers and refugees.
“Right. That lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman, who is a major Dem donor and also an Epstein client. The plot thickens.”
Immediately after Musk describes the Biden-era DOJ lawsuit accusing SpaceX of discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring, Rogan claims that lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman, calling Hoffman a major Democratic donor and an Epstein client.
“once you have full and rapid reusability, the cost of access to space drops by a factor of 100. It's like 100 times cheaper by some metrics. It's 1,000 times c…”
Musk claims full and rapid reusability of Starship will cut the cost of access to space by a factor of 100 to 1,000, and by a factor of 10,000 to Mars with orbital refueling.
“the DOJ has been attacking SpaceX, for example, for not hiring asylum seekers, even though it is legal for SpaceX to hire anyone who is not a permanent residen…”
Musk claims the DOJ sued SpaceX for discriminating against asylum seekers even though it is legal (not illegal) for SpaceX to hire non-permanent-residents, framing the lawsuit as self-contradictory government overreach.