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Elon Musk Weekly News Update: Tesla, SpaceX, X, Neuralink, and More · Elon Musk Podcast

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Search for Elon Musk podcast. So Elon Musk is currently
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defined a Brazilian Supreme Court order aimed at censoring
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certain user content under the guise of combating fake news.
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This legal conflicts shows that there's a huge issue regarding
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freedom of expression and freedom of speech and the role
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of social media in Brazil. Now, the Brazilian judiciary has
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demanded that X block content from Brazilian users, which the
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court labels as false information are fake news.
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And Musk's refusal to comply with these demands has led to
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significant legal scrutiny, positioning him against Brazil's
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federal judiciary. Now, the inquiry, known as
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Digital Militia Investigation, does not concern the common
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issues of controlling Big Tech's influence, safeguarding
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democracy, or child protection online.
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Instead, it focuses on a political clash involving the
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Supreme Court and critics of Brazil's president.
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This indicates A politicized judicial system as of right now.
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Now, critics argue that the Supreme Court's actions
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represent a departure from democratic norms, suggesting
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that the Brazilian judiciary no longer operates independently.
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The scenario portrays A grim situation for democracy in
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Brazil, which they claim is deteriorating publicly.
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The controversy stems from the court's attempts to silence
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commentators with opposing political views, though,
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especially those who command significant influence through
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social media platforms. Musk and many Brazilians regard
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these actions as undemocratic and indicative.
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Of a tyrannical. Approach to governance now
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Historically, though, Brazil has championed civil liberties, with
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the constitution upholding freedom of speech.
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This principle has been foundational since Brazil's
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return to democracy all the way back in 1985, making the current
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judicial actions against free speech particularly jarring.
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Now, the situation escalated following scandals involving the
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Workers Party and former President Lula, who was
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imprisoned in 2017 due to corruption charges.
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These events tarnished the party's image and LED to a shift
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in political power with the election of Bolsonaro in 2018.
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Now. Bolsonaro, a former.
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Army captain, known for his straightforward style, was
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elected on promises to uphold privacy, private property
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rights, restore order and freedom of speech, and
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challenging prevailing social and political norms.
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In Brazil, the support largely came from that was disillusioned
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with the previous regime's corruption of policies, and
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despite his controversial manner and rhetoric, Bolsonaro's
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administration made significant strides in fiscal management,
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deregulation, and improving the business environment through
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digital initiatives. Now, by 2021, though,
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Bolsonaro's potential re election seemed threatening
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enough to his opponents that efforts were intensified to
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rehabilitate Lula's political image.
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The Supreme Court annulled Lula's conviction, enabling him
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to participate in the 2022 presidential race.
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This judicial intervention sparked widespread dissent,
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particularly online, where Brazilians express their
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disapproval now. The Electoral Tribunal responded
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by increasingly censored online speech and targeting digital
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platforms to comply with their directives.
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The punitive measure is extended to financial sanctions and also
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social ostracism, with some critics facing severe
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repercussions like imprisonment and exile, often without due
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process for merely questioning the legitimacy of Luda's
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election victory. Now, despite the absence of
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legislation supporting the judiciary stance on fake news,
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the court persists in its demands for social media
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platforms to block alleged misinformation, a stance that
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Musk has publicly challenged. Now on April 6th, Musk
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highlighted the opaque nature of these judicial orders on X,
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emphasizing the lack of transparency about the reasons
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behind the blocking orders and the identity of the missing
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authority. He also noted the legal threats
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posed by non compliance, including potential fines.
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Now, Musk's resistance took a more active form when he
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recently unblocked several users and threatened to disclose his
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communications with a Brazilian court, arguing that the public
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deserves transparency about these judicial interactions.
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There's another thing going on at X.
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We'll touch on that real quick. It's significant for its
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operations. The platform's brand safety
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score, as rated by Double Verify, was mistakenly low due
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to a display error, affecting advertiser confidence and
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investment in the company. Now they have to keep the lights
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on in order to keep this fight going with Brazil now.
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The misinformation about X's brand safety persisted for
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several months though, influencing advertising
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decisions detrimentally. The correction of this error in
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Musk's ongoing public fight against censorship in Brazil
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shows that X is in a tough spot right now.
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They're not making a lot of money, they're doing OK, but
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this brand awareness from double verify the brand safety score
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could hurt them and it was months in the making.
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So I'm expecting a lawsuit from Elon Musk and X in the.
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Future for this Let's talk about some SpaceX news here.
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The FAA and SpaceX are working. Very hard together to make sure
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that the next. Flight of Starship.
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Happens without a hitch now. Starship IFT 3 the integrated
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flight test that just. Happened a little while ago, was
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pretty much a success, right? So now they're moving forward
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with the IFT 4 launch, and hopefully everything goes well
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with that launch. Now the FAA has to work with
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SpaceX in order to give them a flight license.
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They have to make sure that everything's safe for SpaceX,
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the rocket, the workers and also people in the way of the Rockets
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flight. That's important.
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They don't want to hurt anybody, any property or anything going
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forward. With these flights.
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Now it's important because SpaceX launches the Starship
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over the Gulf of Mexico and apparently, according to the I
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FT3 flight. Path.
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It was going to land in the Indian Ocean.
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The Starship was. The booster is going to land in
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the Gulf of Mexico. OK, so the Starship might land
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in the Indian Ocean. Again, we're not 100% sure
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what's going on with this. We are guessing everyone's
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guesstimating that it will happen similarly.
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But there is some FAA hinting at what may happen for this next
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one. So before anything happens, FAA
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and SpaceX will be working together to make sure to safe
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the whole operation. They have to make sure that
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SpaceX uses the time between this flight, the last flight,
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IFT 3 and IFT 4 to safe the area and make sure that they put
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anything in place that they found was wrong in the last
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flight. So anything in the booster or
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anything in the ship, they have to fix it.
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They have to change it in order to make it a safer flight.
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For the future. Now there's a possible flight in
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May. But it's not guaranteed.
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Right now, the FAA needs to modify the launch license due to
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changes potential changes in the flight profile.
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We don't know exactly where this is going to land, but it might
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land similarly close to where it was going to land in the Indian
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Ocean, depending on the mission. Now, the FAA will prioritize the
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public safety over anything else.
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And public safety is paramount, for one thing.
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Mainly, but mostly there, there's two things.
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One mainly is the booster in the Gulf of Mexico, because that's
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going to try to do a soft landing on a virtual tower,
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according to Elon on flight. 4. And I made a video about flight
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4 in flight 5 of Starship. So flight 4 they want to do a
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virtual tower in the Gulf of Mexico.
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This means that they're going to do the normal flight like
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normal, like IFT 3, fly the ship to the Indian Ocean, get the
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booster, hot stage separation, all of that stuff.
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But after the hot stage separation, they're going to
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send the booster into the Gulf of Mexico, land it vertically.
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In the Gulf. Similar to what they would do
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with a launch tower. Land it.
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They're going to make a virtual tower.
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Maybe they're going to use some sort of a?
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R. VR set up so they know exactly
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what's going to happen. I don't know.
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What they're going to do at that point?
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But hopefully they have a really good understanding of the
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landing mechanics of the booster because they haven't even gotten
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it close to landing now. IFT 1, IFT 2, IFT 3.
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We haven't even seen the booster get close to landing in the Gulf
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of Mexico. So IFT 4 if they can nail this.
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Elon has said in his latest talk that he wants to land the
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booster at Starbase, and I don't know if this is a great.
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Idea I'm. I don't know, I'm so scared of
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this. I don't want them to move back
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six months because. They landed a.
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Booster and it wasn't prepared to land yet.
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I'm just I'm terrified that they could blow something up or
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something could happen. They haven't got a Rudd at
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Starbase and they could set themselves back six months.
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Now, I know this is a thing that they have thought about.
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They're rocket scientists after all.
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They're engineers. They're scientists.
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They do this for a living. They make a bunch of money doing
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this. And I'm not that guy.
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I am a coder, I know how difficult code is, but landing a
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rocket, not 100% an expert at that.
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And that's why I default to the engineers and the scientists at
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SpaceX. And I trust them that they'll do
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the right thing. But I'm also scared that they're
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going to set themselves back. I just don't want them to do
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that. But the landing attempt in the
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Gulf of Mexico, let me know what you think about it in the
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comments below. I think it's scary.
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That's all I'm going to say. It's got to be a wild ride.
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It's got to be excitement guaranteed, as Elon says.
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But we do have some information from an FAA spokesperson, Jim
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Coleman said that I think we could possibly get there, which
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means a launch in May. I'm not going to say we will get
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there, absolutely, but I won't say it's out of the question
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either. On the possibility of a May
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launch. He said that the other day,
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three days ago. He also said they're going to do
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some different things with this particular missions, referring
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to changes in the flight profile.
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So IFT 3, they did normal flight profile booster back to the Gulf
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of Mexico and it did a Rudd and today it exploded over the Gulf
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of Mexico, which is fine. They expected something like
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that and they did hot stage firing was great.
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They did the Starlink door, they opened up the Starlink door,
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which was fantastic. And they did some communications
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with the ground we've heard about.
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They did some live video feeds, which we didn't expect them to
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do, but it was fantastic as well.
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And then they try to land the Starship in the Indian Ocean.
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Now I have T. 4, they're going to, as Elon said as well,
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they're going to try to get the Starship to the height,
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basically a melting point of the Starship as it reenters the
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atmosphere into the Indian Ocean and then it's going to there.
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I think they're going to explode Indian in the Indian Ocean.
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So we're expecting that. Now, there's other things.
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The virtual tower landing, not exactly sure what that is, but
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Elon has said it. They might do a public safety
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review. The FAA might do a public safety
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review with a full mishap investigation or from the full
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mishap investigation that SpaceX does just to speed up the
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process. But I think that's what's going
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to happen from here on out. Elon and SpaceX and company will
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do a full mishap investigation form the previous launch and
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then the FAA will look at it and do a public safety review
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depending on that mishap information and investigation
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information that they send over. They're both willing and able to
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do this. Fast.
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FAA said they are willing to go fast by may they want to in the
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separation of the public safety review.
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Hence it a potential difference between public safety flaws and
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broader mishap investigation details.
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Now SpaceX is going to have to do some things though before
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they launch this rocket. Pre launch checks FAA likely
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conducts conducts a thorough review of the launch vehicle and
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launch procedures to ensure that they meet safety standards as
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normal. They should do this.
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It can involve inspections, simulations, and analysis of new
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potential risks for IFT 4 and IFT 5 going forward.
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The flight path. If it's changed the trajectory,
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FAA might assess the flight path a trajectory to ensure a minimal
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risk to populated areas and also debris.
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What could happen? Debris and blast radius.
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So if they read somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, what's that
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blast radius look like? What's the debris going to look
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like and where's the good debris going to end up since the ocean
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is so huge, The debris from it's a big rocket to us, but to the
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ocean it's nothing. Don't think Elon and company and
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the FEA are going to worry about A1 rocket booster or one rocket
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in the Gulf of Mexico or the Indian Ocean.
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Now another thing that the FEA works on.
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Is the launch abort system. The Rudd system, basically the
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FTS, basically this thing blows up a rocket if something goes
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wrong, and Elon and company have shown that it works.
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After the IFT one mishap where it didn't work and the thing
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spun out of control. Now they know what they're
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doing. FT-2, IFT 3, both worked great.
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The they're working forward, They're working with SpaceX on
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the CFA and SpaceX, they're working on this critical safety
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flaws. Elon and company are working on
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those. The FAA might want to confirm
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there aren't any critical safety flaws for the next rocket flight
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profile. Like I said before, overall
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public safety is a paramount for the FAA and SpaceX as well.
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If anything happens public safety wise, Elon and company
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are going to be pushed back possibly for months, maybe a
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year or two depending on the severity of the public safety
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incident. Now, IFT 5, this is going to be
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a wild ride. If they do that booster landing
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in the Gulf of Mexico, what's going to happen?
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I want them to go as fast as possible.
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And of course, iterative design is the best way to do rocket
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design, apparently, because we know that Elon and SpaceX,
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they're killing it right now. They're doing great work.
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So there's no reason why they should not continue doing this
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in the future. Let me ask.
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You a question Would you pay to be part of a social media
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network? More importantly, would you pay
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to be a user on elonmusksx.com? So Elon Musk has just announced
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a plan to charge new users on the social media platform X,
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formerly known as Twitter. Of course, a fee to post
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content. Would you pay for that?
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That's the question. This aims to address the ongoing
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issue about accounts that plagued the platform.
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Musk believes that imposing a small fee on new users is
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essential for combating the influx of these fake accounts
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now. Since acquiring Twitter, though,
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in 2022, Musk has repeatedly floated the idea of a user fee.
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He suggests that such a fee could effectively deter the
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creation of spam accounts driven by artificial intelligence and
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coordinating with troll farms, which can easily bypass
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traditional security measures such as CAPTCHA.
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Now, as part of an experimental policy implemented in October of
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2023, X began charging new unverified users in New Zealand
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and the Philippines an annual fee of $1.00.
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Now, this fee enabled these users to engage fully with the
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platform, allowing them to post and interact with other content
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which was otherwise restricted. Now, the issue of bots on X has
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been a persistent challenge, one that Elon Musk has vowed to
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conquer even before finalizing his purchase of the platform.
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His strategy has involved various initiatives aimed at
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reducing these unwanted accounts, which not only distort
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user engagement metrics but also compromise the overall user
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experience. On April 15th of this year,
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attention was drawn to a change in X's policy that indicated a
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potential expansion of the annual user fee to additional
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countries. This update was first spotted by
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an automated tracking account on X.
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And was later. Confirmed by Elon Musk in a
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series of posts, Musk said unfortunately a small fee for
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new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless
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onslaught of bots. Current AI and troll farms can
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pass the quote Are you a bot test with ease.
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Now he shows that he's using some rationale for the policy
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shift, highlighting the ineffectiveness of conventional
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security measures against sophisticated automated AI
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systems. Now, despite the introduction of
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a user fee, must clarify that new users would not be
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indefinitely bound to this fee. You mentioned that after an
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initial three months, new users would gain full access to the
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platform without any payment, thus providing a balance between
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initial security measures and eventual.
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User freedom now. Let me ask you a question.
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If the bots are so powerful that they can bypass everything,
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$1.00 fee doesn't seem like a lot if you can gain 1000 dollars
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$10,000 a $100,000 from using the platform with your bot.
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Of course, on the black market, on the Gray market, there are
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credit cards that are stolen and possibility that they could use
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those credit cards with their bots to use their influence to
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make more money than $1.00 on the platform per year.
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The introduction of fees for new users coincides with broader
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efforts by X to cleanse the platform of spam and bots
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accounts, though earlier in the month, X initiated a major purge
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aimed at reducing these accounts, though the impact on
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the platform's bot population remains to be seen.
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There's no data out there yet from Elon Musk or from X.
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Now. Musk's approach to managing X
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also involves leveraging the platform's data for his other
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ventures. For instance, his AI company, X
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AI, utilizes public posts from X to train its machine learning
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algorithms. This integration shows that Elon
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is using his broader vision and all of his companies combined to
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make XAI better. But if there are bot accounts on
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X, he's not getting clean data for his AI models, and that's
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going to be a huge problem in the future.
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You know, X's strategy to monetize and also, let's say,
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enhance user engagement includes making its advanced chatbot,
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Grok, available to premium users.
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And like I said, if that's trained on bot information.
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There's no real upside to it. Because if there's millions of
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bots, bot accounts compared to human accounts, it's going to be
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a a tough go for Grok at this point.
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Now Grok used to be offered at a higher subscription tier and is
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now more accessible, potentially increasing its use and relevance
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within the user base. Now the financial aspect of
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these changes is significant. X has been facing financial
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challenges with a reported 71%. Drop in its value since Musk's
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takeover. The.
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Introduction of a posting fee could provide a new revenue
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stream at a time when the platform has experienced
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significant advertising revenue losses.
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Now, the decline in advertising dollars was particularly stark
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following a backlash from advertisers over content
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moderation issues. Companies like Comcast, Apple
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and the Walt Disney Company withdrew their ads after reports
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service of ads appearing next to inappropriate content including
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pro Nazi and hate speech. Now Musk's direct responses to
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advertisers concerns have been controversial.
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In an interview, he bluntly criticized those withdrawing
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their advertising from X, which reflects his unconventional
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approach to business and public relations in response to the
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ongoing challenges with brand safety.
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Though third party firms like Double Verify have been involved
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in assessing the suitability of content on X for advertisers,
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there been discrepancies in these assessments, indicating
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ongoing issues with maintaining a brand safe environment.
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The bot problem at X is not just a nuisance, but it's a huge
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operational challenge impacting everything from user experience
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to advertising, trust and revenue.
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And Musk's decision to impose a posting fee on new users is a
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strategic move to mitigate these issues.
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Albeit we don't know how effective this is going to be,
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and neither does Elon at this point.
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Could drive some users away. I know to post on X.
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There's no reason for me to pay a dollar for that.
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I'll just move to a different platform.
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Most people think the same way and these platforms have been
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historically free and we can post whatever we want whenever
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we want to. Facebook, even Threads, now all
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of these platforms, Instagram. YouTube.
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Spotify for podcasters where we post this podcast, everything's
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free to post. Why would I pay even a dollar to
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be able to post on this platform now?
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This policy change has sparked a variety of reactions like mine
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right there, and I would love to hear what you say about it.
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Because if you're a user of X, you should be concerned about
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this. Some view the feat as a
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necessary evil. Though and I.
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Totally understand that if there are hundreds of millions of bots
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running around doing malicious things.
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Putting a barrier. To entry in front of them is.
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One of the best. Ways to mitigate this now?
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These the quality of interactions on X, while others
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are concerned about the potential barrier it creates for
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new users. I can understand that too.
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Maybe you don't have a dollar to interact with these platforms.
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Maybe you're in a financial situation.
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Maybe you're in a different country than the United States
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and you don't make a lot of money.
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You don't make a dollar. That you can put towards social
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media, so I can understand that too.
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And you'd probably move platforms like I was talking
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about before, move over to Threads or just move to
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Instagram or some other platform, Facebook, et cetera,
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so you can post your content. And that's understandable.
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And as X continues to evolve under Musk's leadership, the
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effectiveness of this new fee system in combating bots will be
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important all over. Stakeholders from users to
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advertisers, will be watching closely to see what happens with
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his imposed $1.00 fee for X. On today's episode, we're going
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to be talking about Spacex's HLS mission to the moon, NASA's
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Orion spacecraft, and how things may completely change for the
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Artemis missions going forward. Now, originally NASA wanted
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SpaceX to launch the lunar HLS Starship to Moon orbit, where it
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would dock with the Orion spacecraft and the HLS ship
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would take the astronauts down to the surface of the moon.
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Now, something drastic may be changing in the near future.
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There's been murmurings that behind closed doors, NASA is
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discussing a low Earth orbit transfer of astronauts between
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the Orion spacecraft and the Starship HLS.
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Now, these are unconfirmed right now.
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They haven't released anything about this yet, but Ars Technica
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posted an article about it and Eric Berger is very reputable
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and he was the one that posted this article.
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What may be happening with the Starship in the Orion?
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So let's just wind it in a little bit because we have to
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understand what the process is of getting the HLS.
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Starship. To the moon first.
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OK, so first they have to launch a fuel depot or a fuel fuel, a
25:08
few fuel depots for the actual Starship to fuel up in low Earth
25:15
orbit before it gets to the moon, before it launches to the
25:18
moon. In NASA, it said somewhere
25:21
around 10:00-ish. In SpaceX, Elon Musk said
25:25
somewhere around 10 to 15. So we're going to go on the low
25:29
side. We're going to say about 10
25:31
depots will be launched to low Earth orbit where the HLS
25:34
Starship will dock with them and fuel up before it goes to the
25:38
moon. Then the HLS will be fueled up
25:41
and possibly in between the fuel and going to the moon.
25:45
Like that step right there? Astronauts will fly on an SLS
25:51
rocket to. Low Earth orbit.
25:54
And then dock with the Starship. Now, we're not sure if this is
25:59
even feasible right now. We know that this is going to be
26:02
a thing in the future, but there are some caveats to this that
26:07
could make this a more impressive mission and also
26:11
could save NASA billions of dollars in the future.
26:15
You're asking yourself, why do they need the SLS rocket if it's
26:17
not going all the way to the moon?
26:19
That's what I'm asking myself too.
26:22
If the Orion capsule could be retrofitted to be on top of a
26:26
Starship or on top of a Dragon or Falcon 9 instead of a Dragon
26:31
capsule, that's a possibility. But you're also probably
26:35
thinking, why don't they just use a Dragon capsule and dock
26:38
that with the Starship? Because Dragon capsules already
26:42
go to low Earth orbit and they can dock with the International
26:46
Space Station. So that seems like the logical
26:50
next step, right? Not quite yet.
26:54
So there will be a possible mission with the Orion
26:58
spacecraft and the HLS Starship? Because they need to test this
27:03
out to see if the Orion can actually.
27:05
Dock with the Starship. While in space, because that's
27:08
what they're going to be doing in the Moon's orbit, and the
27:12
Dragon capsule cannot go to the Moon and dock with the Starship
27:17
and come back to Earth. It just isn't feasible.
27:19
It doesn't work like that. The physics don't work.
27:22
The Dragon capsule is not built for that.
27:24
So they need to use the Orion capsule or some other capsule
27:27
that could be created in the future for docking with the
27:30
Starship and then coming back to Earth.
27:33
So once the astronauts are on board the Starship, then three
27:39
or more astronauts would fly their way to the moon's orbit,
27:43
where they would land on the moon's surface.
27:45
And then when they're done with their science and
27:47
experimentation on a lunar surface, they would fly back up
27:51
and dock with the Orion capsule or the Moon station, transfer
27:56
the astronauts again, and then from the Orion, they would come
28:01
back down to Earth. The HLS rocket would stay either
28:03
in the lunar orbit or docked with the Moon station until the
28:08
next mission and possibly just land on the moon and wait for
28:13
another HLS rocket to come up because there's a limited shelf
28:17
life for these things while they're in space and orbiting in
28:19
the moon. So could land it on the moon and
28:22
it could become a habitat for future astronauts.
28:26
Now, the good thing about going to the moon in the HLS is that
28:30
you're not cramped like the Orion spacecraft.
28:33
The Orion spacecraft, even though it is a modern marvel of
28:37
engineering, there's not a lot of room.
28:40
You can't really move around a lot.
28:42
You can't really do much, and you can't really stretch a lot.
28:45
There's no, there's no room for activities there.
28:50
With the HLS Starship. It's 9 meters around, 30 feet
28:53
around. It's a massive ship and if they
28:56
can construct this so the astronauts could just fly all
29:00
the way to the moon on the HLS rocket, seems like it's totally
29:03
doable. Then they could land the
29:07
Starship with the astronauts on board and it would be a much
29:10
better experience for the astronauts.
29:13
They could have more experimentation time because the
29:16
HLS rocket could have more room for experiments and so low Earth
29:20
orbit experimentation while they're waiting.
29:22
Or. They could do experimentation
29:24
all the way to the moon and while they get to the moon,
29:27
while they orbit the moon and when they land on the moon.
29:30
So the experimentation time and the experimentation mass of
29:35
experimentation could be much bigger than just going in the
29:40
Orion space capsule. Because it seems, I don't know,
29:42
it seems like this is the win win.
29:44
We've been talking about this for a long time.
29:46
I know a lot of space reporters were like, why do we need Orion
29:49
when Starship's going to low Earth orbit anyway and they're
29:53
going to dock with Starship and then go didn't make a lot of
29:56
sense. So we've been talking about this
29:58
for a long time. But since there's murmurings
29:59
within NASA now about this happening, it's this totally a
30:03
possibility. They're going to need to launch
30:06
a few SLS, few more SLS rockets before they change completely
30:09
over to the Starship because Starship can do everything that
30:13
SLS can and possibly even more. It's, it looks like a bright
30:18
future for HLS Starship. Now the first mission that these
30:23
astronauts may do because they can't go into the Starship
30:28
immediately then fly to the moon, this they need to test
30:31
this thing out. So the Polaris program was going
30:35
to test a docking from a dragon into a Starship and do some low
30:41
Earth orbit experimentation and check out to see if the Starship
30:45
is feasible for low Earth orbit or moon travel.
30:48
And that was going to be the initial docking and testing
30:53
phase. So there's a possibility that
30:57
the Orion could, or maybe even a Dragon could do this docked with
31:01
the HLS. 2 astronauts would transfer into the HLS Starship,
31:08
while two others would stay inside the Dragon capsule and do
31:12
testing from there. From a distance.
31:13
They could do maneuvering, they could do some burns, they could
31:16
do orientations, they could possibly even do an.
31:20
Eva, which doesn't make. A lot of sense from a Starship
31:24
standpoint, but it might be something they do in the future
31:27
just for testing. Then they could redock with the
31:30
Dragon capsule and then come back down to Earth.
31:32
So they have to test the Starship out before they get it
31:35
to the moon. So the HLS Starship is that
31:40
might be the first Test of this series of tests.
31:43
Then that HLS Starship could fly to the moon and do a test
31:47
landing on the lunar surface, just to make sure that there's
31:51
no astronauts on board in case something bad happens.
31:54
So. Let me know down the commas
31:57
below what you think about this 'cause it seems like a logical
32:00
step forward. Like why would they even use the
32:02
Orion capsule in low Earth orbit to test this when they have a
32:07
Dragon capsule? But they do need the Orion
32:09
capsule to go to the moon and come back down to Earth, so I
32:12
could totally get that. I totally get that part.
32:14
But everything else seems very logical.
32:17
Dock in Earth orbit and make sure that everything's OK with
32:21
the Starship and command a gigantic spaceship between the
32:25
Earth and the moon. That sounds like a no brainer to
32:28
me. 150 to 200 feet long Starship.
32:33
It's a massive ship. Can do all sorts of sciencing
32:36
all sorts of engineering on your way to the moon and in low earth
32:39
orbit while you wait and then head to the moon.
32:42
Sounds sounds great to me. Let me know what you think down
32:45
in the comments. Now, does this make the SLS
32:49
rocket unsustainable for the billions and billions of dollars
32:53
per launch that it costs? I think it does.
32:57
I think it does because if the Orion spacecraft only has to go
33:00
to the Earth orbit. They can launch it from another
33:02
rocket, whether it's a ULA rocket, what it whatever.
33:06
It could be a star or it could be another SpaceX rocket, who
33:08
knows. I'm not sure exactly what the
33:10
configuration would be, but the SLS rocket is a jobs program it
33:15
makes. America, a bunch of money, and
33:19
these people are spread across the whole nation making and
33:23
designing, building, engineering, all of these parts
33:25
to build this massive SLS rocket.
33:28
So the SLS rocket is a jobs program as well.
33:32
So they would lose tax money and they would lose funding if they
33:36
get rid of the SLS rocket. So I don't think they're going
33:38
to get rid of the SLS rocket. They may use it for deep space
33:41
exploration or something like that in the future and just
33:45
shift over to Starship and SpaceX for the time being for
33:48
the moon launches and maybe SLS will be more Mars and further
33:53
out into the solar system in the future.
33:55
But we know that Starship will be.
33:57
Capable in the future of going to Mars as well so.
34:00
There's really no reason to use SLS anymore if this is true.
34:07
Other than super far out space like science missions, it's a
34:11
massive rocket and Starship can do everything the SLS can do and
34:14
then more. So I think this might be the end
34:17
of the SLS program. This might be the beginning of
34:20
the end of the SLS. Program.
34:21
Today we're gonna be talking about a company named Max Space
34:25
and the idea of building massive, massive, massive
34:30
inflatable space stations on Mars.
34:39
What is this? What is this thing?
34:41
I'm not 100% sure that this is even feasible, but according to
34:45
Max Space, within the next 10 years we're going to have
34:48
stadium sized space stations in the orbit of the Earth, but also
34:54
space stations on the surface of Mars, possibly in Mars orbit,
34:58
anywhere in the solar system. And most of these, every
35:03
component could be flown on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and in the
35:08
future for the stadium, the massive ones could be launched
35:13
out of SpaceX Starship. Now these things have been tried
35:16
in the past and some of them successful and some of them not
35:20
so successful. But right now there are two that
35:23
we know of. One of the Co founders of this
35:25
company actually has two inflatable modules in space
35:30
right now and they've been orbiting the Earth for a while
35:34
now. I want to tell you about
35:35
Maxspace they just released. Kind of a.
35:37
Press release recently and I'm going to talk about some of the
35:42
points of this press release. 40 years of building successful
35:46
space companies is Maxspace 2 entrepreneurs.
35:51
Aaron Kemmer who's the Co founder of Maxspace and said
35:56
that they're going to bring this technology to light in the next
36:01
few years. I don't even understand this
36:05
because it's so wild. I'd love to bring you wild
36:09
stuff. Let's roll the clip.
36:12
Here you can see they're building a Lunar Module mock up,
36:16
but also they have a clip. Of the interior of.
36:19
One of these modules, absolutely massive amount of space for
36:24
anybody that's travelling to space.
36:26
So that was wild, right? You can see that there's an
36:29
inflatable space station ready to be built.
36:32
All of these modules can be connected.
36:34
You can get different sizes, different shapes.
36:37
They can do different things like medical, they could be a
36:42
sleeping pod, there could be something like a workout pod.
36:47
These things could be built into anything you wanted.
36:49
Or maybe like they want to do, they want to do a space hotel,
36:55
they want to make it into a tourism destination, put a
36:58
couple of these pods up in space in orbit, fly people up there on
37:02
a Falcon 9 dock with it. It'll be sturdy enough to do all
37:05
this stuff. By the way, it's not inflatable
37:07
like, you know, like a. Pool.
37:09
Toy or something like that. It's very structurally rigid, so
37:12
it can handle anything the space station can handle and then
37:16
some. It's actually more protected
37:19
from projectiles in the space station, which is incredible.
37:25
They want to disrupt space, the Space Flight industry.
37:29
They want to disrupt space tourism.
37:33
Because right now there's only a few things you can do in space.
37:37
You can fly the space and orbit the Earth.
37:39
You can go to the space station, and that's about it.
37:43
But in the future, if Max Space is successful, they're going to
37:48
allow people to go to space and live in a space hotel for a
37:52
little while. It's like an Airbnb in space.
37:54
How cool is that? Or maybe, you know, maybe
37:56
there's a shorter duration where you do get to orbit the Earth a
37:59
bunch of times, then come back down, dock with the Falcon 9,
38:04
come back down, or with the dragon, sorry, the Crew Dragon,
38:06
then come back down to Earth. You know, when your mission is
38:10
done and think about the scientific benefits of having a
38:16
massive space station. Not only can you have space to
38:20
do things, room to do things, but you can bring up equipment,
38:24
say on a SpaceX Starship, massive equipment.
38:27
That you could. Feed into this thing in the
38:30
future or masses of equipment, not massive because we don't
38:34
know what the ports are going to be like on this in the future,
38:37
but masses of equipment, tonnage of equipment that you can put
38:42
into low Earth orbit inside of one of these modules.
38:46
Sounds pretty impressive, right? And the Co owners or the Co
38:50
founders and Aaron Kemmer and maximum of Dejong.
38:58
Max is a visionary in this space.
39:01
Designer, engineer, manufacturing, space deployment.
39:05
Everything is already been done by Max and he's built first two
39:09
inflatable spacecraft pressure halls, Genesis One and Genesis 2
39:13
which are circling the globe right now.
39:17
So there's a. Proven track record from.
39:19
From at least Max going forward and also Aaron as sort of like a
39:25
Aaron's the kind of the business guy behind this as far as I know
39:29
and Max is the engineering brains behind it.
39:31
But they do have a small. Team that they're working with
39:34
to get this done. Medicine and space engineering
39:38
and space space construction. Think about that.
39:42
This could be a way for them to store like a storage modules as
39:46
well in space. So if you bring up pieces for, I
39:50
don't know, a habitat in space, some other sort of habitat in
39:54
space, or some spacecraft where you need.
39:56
There's a bunch of small parts that you need to put into one
39:59
spot. This could be the way to do.
40:02
It and you can transport them from either a Starship or a
40:04
Falcon 9 and you could transport them and store them there until
40:08
they're needed after you build the rest of the platform until
40:13
you put all these modules together.
40:14
The thing is you can build these modules according to them kind
40:19
of as big as you want to. And what's really cool about
40:23
this is that they can build something as big as the space
40:27
station or a little bit bigger for a fraction of the cost.
40:33
The space station costs $100 billion to run over the time
40:37
that it's been up in space, and they think that they can get it
40:41
down to about $1 billion in operational cost.
40:47
To. Build this thing in space, fly
40:49
these and put them in space. So if they could cut it down to
40:53
a billion dollars, imagine the cost savings for that.
40:56
And also imagine what else they could put into space for $100
41:01
billion. How?
41:02
Large. That space station would be so
41:05
they're saying a stadium size like a like a football or soccer
41:10
field size to begin with. Like, that's what's what they're
41:13
aiming for, bigger than the ISS. They want to be bigger than the
41:17
ISS, and there's more room inside than the ISS.
41:20
And also, there's no reason why they can't go bigger than that.
41:25
They're in microgravity. So the gravity isn't going to be
41:29
yanking down on either end of this thing.
41:31
It's gonna float around the whole orbit of the Earth.
41:36
I mean, the possibilities are endless up here, you know, with
41:40
these modules. So I just want to let you know
41:43
about it because I think it's a really impressive idea and they
41:47
have a really impressive track record as well, Max, especially
41:52
Aaron as well. Aaron is.
41:53
He's had a couple. Space programs, space companies
41:57
in the past made in Space, which is space manufacturing Magic,
42:01
which is an AI assistant. He's also a former board member
42:04
of Red Wire Space and he exited in 2021.
42:08
He's a board member of Outpost Space in a prolific space Angel
42:11
investor. That's what Aaron is.
42:14
And Max is a visionary and design engineering and
42:16
manufacturer of space deployment architecture.
42:19
So he built the first two inflatable spacecraft and
42:22
they're in orbit still. So that's pretty good as of
42:26
right now. So Aaron prestigious 30 under 30
42:31
Forbes list as well. So business is in Aaron's blood.
42:36
Let's see, Aaron LED Made in space.
42:39
To fly dozens of. Successful space missions and
42:41
over $250 million in NASA contracts.
42:44
Aaron holds 6 patents in space related tech with four
42:47
additional patents pending. So I may have gotten a little
42:50
bit wrong about Aaron. I thought Aaron was an Angel
42:52
investor to begin with here and I know he's he's run some
42:55
businesses in the past and he has some patents.
42:57
So I didn't, I didn't say that at the beginning.
43:00
So I'm like coming back. Full circle here.
43:03
To let you know about this and then red wire space, of course,
43:08
working right now with Max space, wild, wild, wild, wild.
43:13
I hope we have cameras. Hope there's a, a dragon capsule
43:17
or something up there that can film this or they they pop out a
43:22
little module with a with a camera.
43:23
That would be great. But we'll see.
43:26
We'll see what happens in the near future and I hope it's
43:28
successful. That's all I got to say.
43:29
I hope it's successful. It's going to be wild.
43:31
Tesla has issued a recall for all 3878 cyber trucks.
43:36
It is delivered due to a defect where the accelerator pedal can
43:40
become stuck, increasing the risk of accidents for the
43:44
drivers and the people inside the vehicle, as well as other
43:47
vehicles on the road. Now, the issue has been
43:49
identified by the National Highway Traffic Safety
43:52
Administration or the NHTSA, which noted the potential for
43:55
the pedal to lodge in the trim around the footwell, posing a
43:59
serious safety risk. Now, this recall makes a
44:02
challenging period for Tesla following workforce deductions
44:06
exceeding 10% or 14,000 people and the departure of key
44:10
executives earlier in this week. Now, these events were
44:13
compounded by a legal set back involving CEO Elon Musk's
44:17
compensation package, which shareholders are now
44:20
reconsidering after a judge's ruling.
44:24
Now, complaints about the Cybertruck's faulty accelerator
44:26
pedal emerged recently, prompting Tesla to halt
44:29
deliveries temporarily as it addresses the defect.
44:33
On social media, Musk emphasized the company's cautious approach,
44:36
stating that there have been no incidents or injuries reported
44:40
in relation to this defects. And nobody's been hurt yet,
44:43
which is great. And Tesla confirmed the
44:46
technical cause of the problem to the NHTSA, linking it to an
44:49
unauthorized use of lubricant during the assembly process,
44:53
which compromised the pedal's attachment.
44:56
This discovery led to the decision on April 12th to
44:58
proceed with a full recall of the Cybertrucks.
45:02
Company plans to rectify the issue by replacing or repairing
45:06
the accelerator pedals on all affected Cybertrucks.
45:09
Additionally, Tesla has begun incorporating a redesigned pedal
45:12
in new vehicles and is addressing units currently in
45:15
transit or at delivery centers. Now, despite the Cybertruck only
45:20
beginning shipments late the previous year, this isn't its
45:23
first recall. An earlier, less severe recall
45:26
involved updating software across all Tesla models due to a
45:31
font size of the warning lights. Now, Tesla's first revealed the
45:36
Cybertruck in 2019, but its launch was delayed until last
45:39
year due to production challenges and supply issues
45:43
related to its batteries. The recent recalls and other
45:45
setbacks have not only affected Tesla's operational momentum,
45:48
also its stock value, which saw a significant decline in the
45:51
past week. The Drive reported that drivers
45:54
experiencing stuck pedals could still halt their Cybertrucks
45:57
using the brake, although the vehicle will continue to move
46:00
slightly now. This flaw raised concerns over
46:03
the vehicle's safety during operation.
46:06
Social media posts from Tesla owners indicated temporary halts
46:09
in Cybertruck deliveries, with some reporting issues with the
46:12
accelerator pedal getting wedged.
46:14
The community response included sharing videos on social media
46:17
and photos that highlight the defects impact on pedal
46:21
functionality, which grew greater attention to this
46:25
defect. Now, despite no injuries or
46:29
accidents, the seriousness of the potential risk prompted
46:32
Tesla to take swift action about this.
46:35
Musk reiterated on X that the company's focus on safety and
46:38
the precautionary steps being taken are all about safety being
46:43
the priority. A Recently, Tesla Cyber Truck
46:46
customers noted on X that deliveries have resumed with
46:49
updates on Vins and scheduled delivery dates, indicating that
46:52
Tesla is progressing with fixes and addressing customer concerns
46:56
effectively. Tesla's proactive measures in
46:59
resolving the pedal issue show that they maintain high safety
47:04
standards going forward with the Cyber Truck.
47:07
The automaker has historically emphasized safety in his vehicle
47:10
designs, aiming to position his models as leaders in the
47:13
respective categories. Now, as Tesla addresses the
47:16
recent challenge, it's implementing both hardware
47:18
replacements and production adjustments and will update
47:21
software when needed. And the approach aims to ensure
47:24
that all new and existing cyber trucks meet stringent safety
47:27
criteria before they are delivered to customers.
47:31
And in response to the recall, Tesla has announced that
47:33
affected vehicle owners will receive notification letters in
47:36
June outlining the details and instructions for remedying the
47:39
accelerator pedal issue at no cost to the owners.
47:43
The first quarter of 2024 has seen Tesla recall approximately
47:46
2.4 million vehicles across various models for different
47:50
issues, according to Busy Car. While most of these recalls are
47:53
typically resolved with software updates, the current situation
47:57
requires a more hands on approach where you have to take
47:59
it to the shop or they can come to you.
48:01
And besides the accelerator pedal recall, Tesla has recently
48:05
addressed other safety concerns through recalls, such as a
48:08
significant recall in February concerning warning light font
48:11
sizes. Furthermore, an ongoing
48:13
investigation into power steering issues by US safety
48:16
regulators has been escalated to an engineering analysis, but
48:21
Tesla was swift about this. They are concerned for the
48:24
safety of their drivers. That's one of the major.
48:28
Key. Features that Tesla offers that
48:30
some other automakers don't. But they have ongoing efforts to
48:34
innovate and approve the vehicle lineup, and they're resilient in
48:38
the face of operational changes. The company continues to adapt
48:41
its production and quality assurance processes to prevent
48:45
future issues for the Cybertruck and all other vehicles in their
48:49
lineup. Tesla Inc recently announced A
48:52
substantial reduction of its workforce, cutting approximately
48:55
14,000 jobs, or about 10% of all of its employees.
49:00
That's a ongoing financial challenge at Tesla right now.
49:03
It's a shift in the company's strategic direction and there's
49:07
cost reductions at foot at a new.
49:09
Focus on specific. Technological advancement such
49:12
as a robo taxi in development and the manner in which these
49:15
layoffs were conducted has drawn significant criticism.
49:19
And that means that there's issues in corporate
49:21
communication and management empathy at this point.
49:25
Now, the layoffs were communicated via e-mail, with
49:28
many employees learning about their job loss in less than
49:31
ideal circumstances. And reports indicate that some
49:34
employees receive their termination notices in the
49:36
middle of their work shift or upon attempting to access their
49:40
workplace, only to find their security credentials
49:43
deactivated. This method of notification has
49:45
been perceived as impersonal and indicative of poor planning and
49:49
poor management, and also poor consideration for the impacted
49:53
employees emotional and professional well-being.
49:56
Now, an incident at Texas Gigafactory illustrated the
50:00
harsh reality of these layoffs. An employee shared their
50:02
experience with the local news outlet stating.
50:04
I was literally standing outside trying to figure out why my
50:08
badge wasn't working. Why is it that I can't log in
50:11
only to find out that they had been laid off?
50:14
Such instances show that this is abrupt and disorganized, and
50:19
it's not to be taken lightly. Now, the official communication
50:23
from Tesla cited A thorough organizational review and the
50:26
different decisions to globally reduce headcount as the reasons
50:30
behind the layoffs. The affected employees were
50:33
informed that their positions were eliminated due to this
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restructuring, adding to the high stress situation and the
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uncertainty of this time. Now, the reaction to this layoff
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has been overwhelmingly negative, with critics pointing
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out the lack of foresight and empathy in Tesla's layoff
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strategy. Comparisons were made to
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previous layoffs conducted by other companies by Elon Musk,
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where similar patterns of abrupt and minimally communicated job
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cuts were observed. From a business perspective,
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Tesla maintains that the layoffs are a necessary step towards
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adjusting to current market demands and financial realities.
51:07
The company is navigating decreased sales and a
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significant shift in project focus, moving away from some
51:12
early automotive plans in favor of developing new technologies
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like robo taxis. We've heard about this for years
51:20
and it looks like it may be happening now.
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Despite legal compliance offering laid off employees
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compensation through June 15th, which aligns with a 60 day
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notice period, the approach taken by Tesla has been
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questioned. The focus appears to be on legal
51:34
adherence rather than genuinely supportive practices that
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consider the well-being of the individuals affected.
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Now, personal accounts and broader reports suggest that the
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layoff process added significantly to the emotional
51:46
distress experienced by employees.
51:48
Losing a job abruptly destabilizes personal and
51:51
financial plans. In the manner in which these
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layoffs were executed only intensified these difficulties.
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And while Tesla is known for its innovation and has been
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significant success in the electric vehicle market,
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company's internal practices, particularly in human resources,
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have often been criticized. Situation shows that Tesla and
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the related employee treatment is not up to par.
52:16
Now. The layoffs are part of a
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broader context where Tesla is adjusting its strategic goals.
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Earlier announcements had focused on producing a more
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affordable electric car, the $25,000 EV if you will.
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A recent shift seemed to prioritize the development of
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autonomous driving technology and other high tech products.
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This restructuring shows that the market is changing and the
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operations at Tesla are also changing, including missed
52:40
delivery dates that have happened recently and reported
52:44
issues with the launch of new models like the Cybertruck.
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Additionally, rumors about the cancellation of the low cost
52:50
Model 2 vehicle have added to uncertainty, although Elon Musk
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has disputed these claims. Financially, Tesla has
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experienced a significant downturn, with a 37% drop in
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share prices this year and a notable decline in sales.
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The first quarter report showed a 8.5% decrease in deliveries
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compared to the previous year, marking the first such decline
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since disruptions caused by the 2020 global pandemic.
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Amidst these strategic and operational upheavals, Tesla has
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also proposed A substantial pay package for CEO Elon Musk.
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Similar to a previous compensation plan that was
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voided by a court decision due to governance concerns.
53:29
This proposal is likely to be scrutinized in light of the
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layoffs and financial performance.
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It's $58 billion, by the way. And in response to criticisms of
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the layoff process, Elon Musk acknowledged that some severance
53:42
packages were incorrectly low and assure that these errors
53:45
will be corrected. This acknowledgement, however,
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it does little to mitigate the broader concerns about how the
53:51
layoffs were managed and communicated.
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Now, Musk's e-mail to employees attempted to address some of the
53:56
fallout, stating as we reorganize Tesla, it has come to
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my attention that some severance packages are incorrectly low.
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My apologies for this mistake. It is being corrected
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immediately. And despite these efforts, the
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damage to employee morale and public perception may be harder
54:11
to mend. And looking forward, Tesla's
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management faces the challenge of rebuilding trust not only
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with its workforce but also with investors in the public.
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The company must navigate the strategic pivot while ensuring
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more consideration and strategic handling of its workforce,
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especially during transitions that involve job cuts of the
54:29
layoffs at Tesla have thus sparked a broader discussion
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about corporate responsibility and the ethical implications of
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how layoffs are conducted. For a company at the foreprint
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of technological innovation, the human element of business
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practices remains a critical. Area for their improvement.
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