Elon Musk gifts PM Modi heatshield tile from SpaceX Starship

Elon Musk presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a heatshield tile from SpaceX's Starship during their meeting in Washington. The tile is from the Starship's test flight in October 2024 and is engraved with details of the flight. Musk's family accompanied him during the meeting, where Modi also gifted Musk's children three Indian literary classics. The two discussed topics including space, technology, and India's governance reforms. This meeting marks nearly ten years since their first encounter in 2015, when Musk showed Modi around Tesla's facility in San Jose.