Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

(NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO Elon Musk said over the weekend that the commercial space flight giant could prepare to build orbital data centers as soon as next year, but short seller Jim Chanos remains skeptical about the CEO's claims.

Elon Musk's Orbital Data Center Goal On Saturday, Musk got into a social media back-and-forth with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X after Apple Inc.

(NASDAQ:AAPL) filed a lawsuit against the AI company, saying that it had allegedly stolen trade secrets via job interviews.

Musk revived his criticism of Altman, saying that he had taken scamming to "a whole new level." Read Also: Elon Musk Says SpaceX Would Be Worth More Than Earth if It Achieves Its Goals Amid First AI Satellite Reveal Amidst the fiery accusations, Altman retorted, saying that Musk was selling public investors the idea of orbital AI compute, questioning the practicality of the goal.