The United partnership highlights how Musk's companies are making inroads into traditionally non-tech industries.

Some flights are abruptly delayed due to falling debris from Elon Musk’s Space X rockets that are re-entering the earth, Qantas said. For weeks, the airline has been forced to postpone flights — for up to six hours — on the Sydney-Johannesburg route due to last-minute changes in both the timing and location of the re-entry of Space X rockets,

As if there weren’t already enough ways for airline travel to go awry, an airline has been forced to delay flights for up to six hours over the past few weeks thanks to Elon Musk’s rocket re-entries.