COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

Falcon 9 flew more missions in ONE YEAR than the entire Space Shuttle program flew in 30 years

• The entire Shuttle fleet:
135 missions from 1981–2011

• Falcon 9 in 2025 alone:
165 launches

SpaceX exceeded the Shuttle program’s entire lifetime mission count by 30 launches in… pic.twitter.com/xUjhOexVpQ

— X Freeze (@XFreeze) October 3, 2026