Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket will be launched for a sixth test flight next week, the latest experiment by the Elon Musk-owned aerospace firm to create reusable spacecraft after a previous test resulted in a “seminal moment” for the company.

Longest flight delay ever. Elon Musk may have promised to make commercial space travel an everyday event with SpaceX, but those with infinite memories will recall the idea being floated many moons ago — while one would-be carrier even handed out IOUs.