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Elon Musk “A fully reusable orbital rocket may be the hardest engineering problem of all time. SpaceX is tackling it with the most talented group.”

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Elon Musk “A fully reusable orbital rocket may be the hardest engineering problem of all time. SpaceX is tackling it with the most talented group.”

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Elon Musk: SpaceX has the most talented group of rocket engineers ever assembled. “Creating a fully reusable orbital rocket is one of the hottest engineering problems ever. It's certainly a candidate for most difficult engineering project ever. That's been the goal of SpaceX from the beginning, from 2002. And here we are 23 years later. It's a long journey with a super talented, like by far I think the most talented group of rocket engineers that's ever been assembled. And we're finally, next year, I think we'll be able to achieve full reusability.” From: Interview at the All-In Summit, September 10, 2025

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