colonizing

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Investors’ acceptance of SpaceX’s mammoth valuation will likely hinge on whether they believe Musk can deliver on his ambitious ideas, which include colonizing Mars and launching data centers into space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the lofty goal of ferrying humans to Mars and colonizing Earth's neighboring planet.

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

Europeans colonized Australia, rather than Native Australians colonizing Europe, for the same reasons that we have just seen in the case of New Guinea.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond