--- title: "Elon Musk Says His Goal Is for SpaceX to Be Worth More than the Entire Earth" description: "SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes that \"SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals.\"" date: "2026-07-10" modified: "2026-07-10" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-spacex-worth-more-earth" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Space" - "SpaceX" - "The Industrialists" --- # Elon Musk Says His Goal Is for SpaceX to Be Worth More than the Entire Earth ![A colorful photo illustration featuring Elon Musk.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images; Shutterstock* SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long heavily relied on selling science fiction to investors. He wants to pollute our planet's orbit — already brimming with junk — with [gigantic orbital data centers](). Then, he wants to [settle on the surface of the Moon](). Ultimately, he wants to make humanity an interplanetary species by [building a city on Mars]() with the help of an enormous fleet of Starship spacecraft, leaving a planet reeling from a climate crisis behind. It's the kind of lofty — and, according to his many critics, delusional — thinking that turned him into an ([almost) trillionaire](). And, as SpaceX [continues to struggle]() selling investors on Musk's lofty imagination, the mercurial CEO is already conjuring new visions to keep the hype train chugging. According to a [recent tweet](), he believes that "SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals." Musk was responding to one of his supporters [questioning]() SpaceX's [recent AI compute deal with Anthropic](), arguing that it was giving too much money to a competitor. To Musk, it all comes down to our ability to fully harness the power of the Sun. As [illustrated by the Kardashev scale]() — a method devised by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev that measures a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount of energy it can channel — Musk believes we're not even close to unlocking our full potential as a species. By utilizing all that untapped solar energy, Musk thinks SpaceX could eclipse the Earth's entire GDP of [around 100 trillion dollars]() — if you're willing to entertain his outrageously lofty vision, that is. Back in January, Musk [argued]() that "space-based industries will vastly exceed the value of all of Earth, given that you could harness roughly 100,000 times more energy than Earth and still be using less than a millionth of the Sun’s energy!" Skeptics will differ. He also [claimed]() that "due to autonomy, Tesla is worth more than the rest of the auto industry," while his EV maker's struggling Optimus robot will increase "Earth GDP by an order of magnitude." It's the kind of wishful thinking his entire business empire is teetering on top of lately. For years now, tech leaders have been trying to sell us on a utopian "[age of abundance]()," in which manual labor is a thing of the past and everybody enjoys a high standard of living. However, reality tells a dramatically different story. Despite Musk's repeated promises [for over a decade](), in one telling example, Tesla vehicles are still far from reliably driving themselves without constant oversight. Even investors are having trouble buying into his dreams of training AI models from space. SpaceX's shares initially rallied following a blockbuster IPO last month, but have been in decline ever since. The muted enthusiasm highlights persistent doubts over a multitrillion dollar valuation for a company that lost a staggering $5 billion last year. In short, his claim that SpaceX will somehow become worth more than the entire global economy should be taken with an astronomical amount of salt. It also assumes that SpaceX is operating within a vacuum. Considering the [major strides]() [China's space program is making]() as of late, that's far from a given. **More on SpaceX:** [*If You Thought SpaceX Stock Was Doing Badly Before, Now It’s Really Tanking*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()