As if flying commercial planes wasn't stressful enough already, airlines are facing major safety issues because of SpaceX rocket explosions.

Elon Musk reportedly wants to time SpaceX’s likely record-setting initial public offering to coincide with a rare planetary alignment and his own birthday in June. The world’s richest man has floated going public in mid-June – when Jupiter and Venus will be in “conjunction” for the first time in three years,

The launch date had been up in the air after the rocket's booster stage suffered an explosion during testing in November.

There may also be a more personal motive behind a SpaceX–xAI merger. Musk has had a contentious relationship with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, for years. Musk co-founded OpenAI but later left the company in 2018, reportedly due to disagreements over the direction of what was then a nonprofit organization.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he discussed various issued with Tesla and SpaceX boss during a bilateral meeting on Thursday. The Prime Minister said the topics of discussion included those Musk “is passionate about such as space,