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The success of the IPO will likely depend on whether investors believe Musk can deliver on his ambitious ideas, which include colonizing Mars and launching data centers into space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

And ultimately, colonizing Mars is still the SpaceX dream.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Old Town, my slightly disheveled neighborhood of churches, Mexican-adjacent tchotchke shops, is where missionaries established their first mission, colonizing the town that belonged to the country south of the US border.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Tengulov said that SpaceX resembles what he called a “narrative stock,” since the company is guided by ambitious goals, such as colonizing Mars.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Gold fever drove monarchs and others with wealth to fund colonizing ventures to find the metal.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz