Read TIME's Full Interview with SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell

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SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell outlines the company's merger with xAI, AI integration in rocketry, Starlink's 10 million subscribers, and plans for AI satellites and lunar manufacturing.

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