SpaceX still targets intercontinental travel
May 25, 2026
Buried within SpaceX IPO Prospectus issued on May 20th, there’s a paragraph that talks about intercontinental travel using its massive Starship rocket and Continent-to-Continent journeys of perhaps just 30 minutes.
Indeed, the prospect of a journey from – say – New York to London, or Los Angeles to Hong Kong or Singapore moving beyond a space-age fantasy to practical reality are perhaps just a little closer.
The paragraph says: “Long-Haul Point-to-Point Terrestrial Travel. Our Starship vehicle has the potential to revolutionize terrestrial commercial transportation by achieving an unparalleled combination of speed, reliability and cost efficiency. This capability could reduce most international long-haul flights to under 30 minutes, enabling point-to-point travel to the furthest location in an hour or less.”
“While we must surmount technological, economic and regulatory obstacles to fully capitalize on this opportunity—such as restrictions on supersonic flights over land in certain regions due to sonic booms, and the economic feasibility of shorter routes—we believe we are strategically positioned to take share of the terrestrial logistics and transportation market,” states the Prospectus.
The document also includes a segment on ‘Space Tourism’, and perhaps providing a rival to the Blue Origin flights from Jeff Bezos and those of Branson’s Virgin Galactic.
“Space Tourism. Historically, human spaceflight has been limited to government astronauts, augmented by a limited number of privately funded missions. Yet, with meaningful advances in space technology and the ongoing expansion of orbital flight infrastructure, we anticipate a gradual increase in accessibility of spaceflight over time, potentially enabling a new category of commercial human spaceflight and tourism. Under 30 people out of the global population visited Earth’s orbit in 2025, which we believe could be a far greater number in the future,” states the Prospectus.
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