Promise Ledger
President and chief operating officer of SpaceX. These are the dated public commitments by Gwynne Shotwell that we could source to a primary, with what happened. Roles are as of the date each was said.
2 entries: 1 met late; 1 missed.
Plain counts, not a grade or a ranking. A short record is not a complete one. Checked against sources on Sep 26, 2026; scoring rules on the methodology page.
This first release is a selection, and a short record is not a complete record. Each programme milestone enters the ledger at its earliest dated public commitment we can find in a primary source, for governments and companies alike. Later dated commitments for the same milestone are shown on that one entry as a revision chain, oldest first, rather than as separate entries.
Spoke for: SpaceX
Met late · worded as a commitment
Other milestone · Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO, SpaceX · SpaceX
“We also will be doing another demonstration later this year on if we have an issue with the rocket during flight.”
Said . Source: TED: SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes (transcript) (Apr 23, 2018, transcript 4:04)
Context: Said after showing the 2015 Crew Dragon pad abort test.
Outcome: NASA and SpaceX completed the Crew Dragon in-flight launch escape demonstration on 2020-01-19 from Launch Complex 39A. (, 384 days after the deadline)
Outcome source: NASA: NASA, SpaceX Complete Final Major Flight Test of Crew Spacecraft (Jan 19, 2020)
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Missed · worded as a target
Launch cadence · Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO, SpaceX · SpaceX
“We've got a couple of launches of Falcon Heavy later this year,”
Said . Source: TED: SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes (transcript) (Apr 23, 2018, transcript 0:36)
Context: TED2018 conversation with Chris Anderson, two months after the first Falcon Heavy flight.
Outcome: No Falcon Heavy launched in the rest of 2018; the second Falcon Heavy flight lifted off on 2019-04-11 (Arabsat-6A).
Outcome source: Spaceflight Now: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy successful in commercial debut (Apr 11, 2019)
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