YAY! IT EXPLODED!
...amazing how hard it was to find a mainstream news story that didn't try to hide that fact, though. I wonder why? 🤔
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Lunar landers and 'Transporter' tankers: Blue Origin unveils its blueprint for the moon
While Musk and Starship explode, Bezos self-funds Moon ships. New Glenn heavy booster has put first payload into orbit. Blue Origin can quietly come from behind in Space Race 2.0.
@books @bookstodon @religion #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #amwritingsf #secretscifinetwork #sciencefiction #space #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #Musk #Bezos
#SpaceX Loses Control of #Starship, Adding to #Spacecraft’s *Mixed* Record
Much was riding on Flight 9 for #ElonMusk’s giant moon & #Mars rocket after debris from January & March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting #AirTravel.
#fail
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/science/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk-mars.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FCD748A2-B4FE-4B39-A06C-A6FB2DF716B6
I wish I could give my work fuckups fancy names like "rapid unscheduled disassembly" #SpaceX
Elon Musk gutted the federal government, dismantled key institutions, and cut off food and medicine to some of the poorest people on the planet.
By leaving DOGE, he’s trying to restore his reputation and rescue his struggling businesses. He should never be allowed to recover.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musks-reputation-must-be-beyond
In a serious gain in efficiency, a Space X Starship prototype has exploded without actually being launched.
They're next plan is to see if they can produce an explosion during the assembly process.
#SpaceX to invest $2B in #Musk #xAI
SpaceX has committed $2B to xAI as part of a $5B equity round, deepening the ties between #tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his #AI startup races to compete w/ #OpenAI, the WSJ reported on Sat.
The investment follows xAI's merger with #X & values the combined company at $113B, with the #Grok #chatbot now powering #Starlink support & eyed for future integration into #Tesla's #Optimus #robots, the report added.
#MechaHitler
https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-invest-2-billion-musks-xai-startup-wsj-reports-2025-07-12/
Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.
#News #Environment #Aviation #SpaceX #Space #ElonMusk #Regulation #Trump
I'm absolutely outraged at how the #Nasdaq rule changes are going to require our retirement accounts to pump money into #SpaceX and then leave us holding the bag as the price inevitably plummets.
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Elon Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on things like gifts and meals for Texas elected officials this year.
But, in most cases, state transparency laws do not require them to disclose which elected officials they wine and dine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #Texas #Law #SpaceX #Tesla #Government #Business #Musk
The pressure is on for Musk's really big spaceship launch...
"If Starship Explodes Again, It Could Derail SpaceX’s Entire IPO"
"Musk has more or less staked SpaceX’s entire future on Starship’s success."
"According to Reuters, SpaceX is aiming to release a prospectus officially outlining the IPO on Wednesday — the same day of the Starship launch."
https://futurism.com/space/starship-explodes-derail-spacex-ipo
Watch this space...
Edit: Launch seems to have been delayed again. Stay tuned...
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Elon Musk's #SpaceX has confidentially filed for a #US #IPO, setting the stage for what could become the largest #StockMarket listing on record.
A public listing at a potential valuation of >$1.75 trillion would signal that #SpaceExploration has moved from a speculative venture to a mainstream #investment. SpaceX's growth has been driven by its reusable rockets & the #Starlink satellite internet network.
#Musk #billionaires #technocracy #tech #business #antitrust #law
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-registers-take-rocket-maker-public-blockbuster-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#ElonMusk has made a particularly bold demand of his #WallStreet advisers ahead of the #IPO of #SpaceX.
#Musk is requiring banks, law firms, auditors & other advisers working on the IPO to buy subscriptions to #Grok, his #AI #chatbot, which is part of SpaceX, acc/to 4 people with knowledge….
Some of the banks have agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot, & they have already started integrating Grok into their #IT systems….
#tech #business #law #SEC #antitrust
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
New records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-elon-musk-ipo-foreign-investors-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SpaceX #ElonMusk #Business #Finance #Musk #China #Russia
RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116381997881074562
While NASA celebrates, things are not going so well for SpaceX...
The #Pentagon said it had reached agreements with 7 leading #AI companies to deploy their advanced capabilities on the #Defense Dept's #classified networks.
#SpaceX, #OpenAI, #Google, #NVIDIA, #Reflection, #Microsoft & #Amazon Web Services [#AWS] will be integrated into the Pentagon's Impact Levels 6 & 7 network environments to "streamline data synthesis, elevate situational understanding, & augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments.”
Y’all, we need to talk about upcoming #IPOs, and the insane rule changes that #nasdaq has just announced.
Nasdaq rewrote its #index inclusion rules to accommodate #SpaceX’s mega-IPO, implementing a "Fast Entry" provision that allows the company to join the Nasdaq-100 index just 15 trading days after its initial public offering, down from the standard three-month seasoning period.
They also eliminated the minimum float requirement of 20% available public shares and instead stocks with less than 20% of shares publicly traded, Nasdaq applies a 3x multiplier to the free-float for index weighting purposes, artificially inflating low-float giants like SpaceX in passive funds.
Ok, but in English? #SpaceX, #OpenAI and #Anthropic have just figured out a scam to force every passive #IRA, #401k, and index fund to buy their stock before pricing evaluation.
They’ve figured out how to steal your #retirement.
#AI #LLM #Scam #guillotines #YouWillOwnNothing
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-ipo-s1-spcx-stock-nasdaq-qqq-elon-musk-2026-5
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"While #Musk was looking to the stars, the people of Belfast were still reeling from several days of racist violence. The Belfast pogrom drew strength from the #farRight ecosystem that Musk has nurtured with the money from #SpaceX, #Tesla and other companies."
Long Reads talks w/ #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
#ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
ACTION: Call your financial manager about SpaceX IPO ASAP
Background: SpaceX has filed to go public at a grossly overvalued $1.8 Trillion. The fundamentals in no way justify inclusion in index funds, BUT NASDAQ rules were CHANGED so that it will be included. As a result 401Ks and IRAs will AUTOMATICALLY buy the stock, giving this worthless company your money. It is the greatest grift of all time.
To Do: Contact your financial firm immediately. More below...
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On Mon, #SpaceX🚨amended its IPO to state that water conds—incl water scarcity, regs around water, & drought—could constrain data center dev.
Water use:🚨emerging as one of the most contentious #DataDenter issues. A recent poll found:🚨7 out of 10 Americans are opposed to data center dev -water scarcity ranking as the top res concern. Facing increasingly fierce resistance, some tech cos are scrambling to assure the public that they’re facing the issue head-on.
#AI #USPol
https://www.wired.com/story/data-center-operators-fix-water-use-problems/
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You probably saw the headlines about SpaceX and the S&P500 - here's a useful but short explainer from Matt Levine. I rarely have warm feelings about financial institutions but am smiling in the direction of DJ/S&P this morning.
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"It's starting to look a lot like a meme stock." @BBCNews talked to experts about how SpaceX and its investors are faring, a month after its IPO.