# SpaceX says Grok detects foreign object debris better than humans

> Original title: Grok

- Source: Elon Musk
- Published: 2026-11-10T03:04:24.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/lv6t6zoly0895fwy2xpqh3vzc
- Original: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2119989523748905221

## Summary

SpaceX VP of Launch Turkey Beaver says the company now uses Grok to identify foreign object debris in aerospace parts. He says Grok analyzing borescope video is 99.9% accurate, compared with about 94% for human inspectors.

## Post

Grok

## Quoted post @SawyerMerritt

> SpaceX VP of Launch @TurkeyBeaver says Grok is now helping them identify foreign object debris in aerospace parts, and that Grok (99.9%) is better at it than humans (94%).
> 
> "We’ve automated being able to detect FOD. We’ll have an inspector go in and borescope a tube, and we find that humans are about 94% perfect (at) finding a piece of it. Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9% perfect."
> 
> Full article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/11/spacex-now-fundamentally-an-infrastructure-company-senior-official-says/

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2119857279361073655