Elon Musk: Full Rapid Reusability of Starship Coming in 2026—Key to Multiplanetary Life

Elon Musk: We'll achieve full and rapid reusability of the whole Starship in 2026.

“We're pretty close to being able to rapidly reuse the booster for Starship. It comes back and gets caught by the arms, and then the arms place it back in the launch mount.

We still have a little bit of engine damage and a little bit of heat shield damage. There are tweaks that are needed.

But we're pretty close to achieving full and rapid reusability of the booster. For the ship, I think we'll achieve reusability this year, and I think we'll achieve rapid reusability of the whole stack, ship and booster next year.

This is the fundamental breakthrough required for life to become multiplanetary.”

The Joe Rogan Experience, February 28, 2025