Elon Musk Promises to Turn ‘Star Trek’ Into Reality: “Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact”
Elon Musk told a crowd at SpaceX’s Texas facility that he wants to turn “Star Trek” into reality. Speaking just days before the new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres on Paramount+, Musk said his goal is to make science fiction real.
“We want to make Starfleet Academy real, so that it’s not always science fiction—but one day, science fiction turns into science fact,” Musk said to the audience at the SpaceX facility.
During his short presentation, Musk described a future with huge spaceships carrying people to the Moon, other planets, and even distant star systems.
He added, “We have spaceships going through space — big spaceships — with people going to other planets, going to the Moon and ultimately going beyond our star system to other star systems where we may meet aliens or discover long-dead alien civilizations. I don’t know, but we want to go, and we want to see what’s happening, and we want to have epic, futuristic spaceships with lots of people in them traveling to places we’ve never been to before.”
Musk’s speech took place at a podium labeled “THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM” while Alice Cooper’s No More Mr. Nice Guy played in the background. He also welcomed the audience to Starbase, Texas, previously known as Boca Chica Village.
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“This is a city — it’s actually legally a city — that, thanks to the hard work of the SpaceX team, we built out of nothing and is now a gigantic rocket manufacturing system,” Musk said. “For people out there who are curious to see it, we’re actually on a public highway, so you can come and visit and drive down the road and see the epic hardware.”
Before discussing his Star Trek vision, Musk gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon leaders a tour of the factory. He highlighted the manufacturing there as essential for America’s strength, before joking about the public perception of Space Force.
“That’s the goal,” Musk said with a laugh before passing the mic to Hegseth. “And that’s what I think the public thinks of Space Force.”
Musk’s comments continue his pattern of bold statements linking SpaceX’s real-world missions to iconic science fiction, inspiring fans and critics alike with visions of humanity traveling across the stars.
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