{"id":617161,"date":"2026-05-01T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617161\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:52:11","slug":"musk-thinks-10-trillion-spacex-package-would-be-a-good-deal-but-warns-dollars-could-become-obsolete-as-humanity-reaches-kardashev-ii-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/617161\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Thinks $10 Trillion SpaceX Package Would Be A &#8216;Good Deal&#8217; But Warns Dollars Could Become Obsolete As Humanity Reaches Kardashev II Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Elon Musk on Tuesday shared his views on SpaceX\u2019s reported pay package, which could be tied to the colonization of Mars and orbital datacenters.<\/p>\n<p>      Good Deal, Says Elon Musk    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">User @beffjezos quoted a post on X that shared details about the purported pay package. The user predicted what Musk\u2019s SpaceX package could look like. \u201c$10T if we reach Kardashev Type I,\u201d the user shared and \u201c$1000T if we reach Kardashev II,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1kwbn3\">Next Elon&#8217;s comp package:<\/p>\n<p>-$10T if we reach Kardashev Type I<br \/>-$1000T if we reach Kardashev II <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NoeqqLUB35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/t.co\/NoeqqLUB35;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/t.co\/NoeqqLUB35<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1kwbn3\">\u2014 Beff (e\/acc) (@beffjezos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beffjezos\/status\/2049290446778593481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:April 29, 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;April 29, 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Don&#8217;t Miss:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Musk, responding to the user\u2019s post, shared that the package was a \u201cgood deal\u201d if humanity could make it to the scale of a Kardashev II civilization. However, the billionaire then shared that money might become irrelevant at that point. \u201cWon&#8217;t be using dollars for currency at that point, just mass and energy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Musk\u2019s Tesla Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/11\/48710411\/elon-musks-trillion-dollar-pay-package-approved-by-tesla-shareholders-amid-ai-robotics-push?nid=52204161&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:trillion-dollar pay package;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;trillion-dollar pay package&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">trillion-dollar pay package<\/a>, which was approved by investors back in November last year, generated considerable buzz as it could make Musk the first-ever trillionaire if he can deliver on the stipulated milestones in the package.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1kwbn3\">That&#8217;s a good deal if we make anywhere near K2. <\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t be using dollars for currency at that point, just mass and energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1kwbn3\">\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2049372017854701682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:April 29, 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;April 29, 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \">April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Trending:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/discover\/already-own-safe-stocks-heres-what-you-might-be-missing-in-your-portfolio?nid=52204161&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your \u2018Safe&#039; Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your \u2018Safe&#8217; Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      SpaceX\u2019s IPO    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The news comes as SpaceX, in filings for its upcoming IPO targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation, shared that the company\u2019s orbital datacenter goals, as well as plans to colonize Mars, rely on unproven technology and carry significant risks. The company also warned that its chip-building efforts could face supply chain risks.<\/p>\n<p>         Ross Gerber Weighs In On SpaceX-Tesla Merger    <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Investor Ross Gerber of Gerber Kawasaki thinks that the reported Tesla Inc. SpaceX merger could create a Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-like company in the artificial intelligence sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Talks of a merger between the two have picked up in the past few days, with Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives reaffirming bullish sentiments on SpaceX merging with the EV maker. Ives predicted that there was an 80-90% chance that the merger could happen sometime in the first half of next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Image via Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Read Next:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk on Tuesday shared his views on SpaceX\u2019s reported pay package, which could be tied to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[267757,11,267758,267756,79,193,1513],"class_list":["post-617161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-colonization-of-mars","tag-elon-musk","tag-kardashev-ii","tag-kardashev-type","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}