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Elon Musk's Tesla Offering Model S Upgrade + SpaceX Starship and Tesla News · Elon Musk Podcast

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So pretty big news coming in from the SpaceX camp today.
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Last night they rolled back booster 7 from the high Bay.
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Now, if you're not familiar with booster 7 is it's the Starship
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launch vehicle. So the Starship has a booster
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and it has the Starship on top. So the Starship super heavy is
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both of those things combined and booster seven.
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Supposedly, according to Elon Musk is the booster that will be
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sending the star ship into orbit for the all flight test sometime
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later this year. And recently, Ilan said that, it
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looks like they have a really good shot at late.
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February are sometime in March for this orbital flight test.
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This is going to change the whole outlook of the future of
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spaceflight, for SpaceX and also the rest of humanity, because
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this has the biggest payload ever for any spacefaring
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vehicle. Now there's booster 7 super
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important that its back on the pad today.
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Now, booster 7 going to the orbital launch mount in the
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orbital launch Mound is basically what holds the ship in
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place before it launches it mounts.
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On top of it, keeps it steady. So the ship can fly' at the
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right trajectory, right. So Starship on top of booster 7,
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not quite yet but what they did do is they It was 47 on the
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orbital launch Mount last night. Huge deal, huge deal.
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They moved it back from the, from the the stand where they
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were doing some checks on it. Back at the bay.
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Now, it's back down at the flight area.
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Now, the Starship has been stacked before.
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I was there when they stack the Starship in early, 20, 22,
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February, ish 2022. And I have video of it.
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Have photos of it. It's amazing.
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It's huge. It's about 400.
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And feet tall. The thing is a massive, massive
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rocket and they're going to be doing a stack possibly of ship
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24 on top of booster 7 either today or early tomorrow.
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So there is a road closure coming up and I those are the
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road closures are in place so they could do these sort of
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tests, right? So Monday January 9th, there's a
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closer from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. Texas time, but there's a closer
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that's cancel. Tuesday, but the beach will be
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open. So if they don't get it done
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today on Monday, I'm recording this Monday January 9th and if
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they don't get it done today, if they don't do the stack today,
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they could possibly have to wait till Wednesday for this, right?
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But we are assuming that they're going to get it done today and
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if they do I'll let you know on Twitter at space news pod when
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they when they stack this thing up.
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So, please take a look over there.
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Now, this is a huge deal because this is one more step closer to
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the Orbital flight test. Now, they've already tested the
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booster a few times they've had static fires, which means they
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test out the engines on the pad to make sure that everything
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works. Well, the piping works, well,
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the fuel going into the, the rocket engines all works.
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Well, they've done those static fires before.
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Now, they're waiting possibly for either a 20-something odd,
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static fire. We're not exactly How many
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they'll do? And they don't tell us
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beforehand. So it could be 21, 24 26, but
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also they have 33 Raptor engines on this booster.
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It's the most powerful and biggest rocket that's ever been
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built. So this is a huge deal that
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that's on this pad right now because there's a possibility
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that they don't even do a static fire of all of the test engines
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at once because these are still test engine has a raptor 2's,
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there's a possibility that they don't test all of these.
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Ian's all at once that they test them in Cycles.
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So they did a 7. There's a 14 there's 11 could be
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a 20 to 24 and then they could do an outer ring test and an
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inner ring test, just make sure they test all of these engines
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before they take it to a flight. But there might not be a full 33
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engine full flow static fire. So if that's not the case, Elon
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is stated that there's a possibility that instead of a 33
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engine. Fire all together.
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They just let her rip in this thing flies to orbit on the
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first test of all of these 33 Raptor two engines.
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Which if you're a rocket Enthusiast, this is super
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exciting because this is a test vehicle, Ilan has stated
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numerous times same with Gwen shop.
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Oh, They have to be very careful with what they do on the pad at
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Starbase, because if they somehow destroy something on the
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pad, if something goes wrong, if there's a rapid unscheduled
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disassembly of this rocket or a Rudd as they call it, something
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really bad, could happen to the launch Mount.
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And the launch Mount is important because it has all of
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the fuel, all of the electronics, everything that the
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booster needs in, In order to take flight and without the pad
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the way that it is, now there is hundreds of yards of cabling,
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hundreds of yards of piping. And if something were to go bad,
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if the the rocket were to blow up on the pad they would be sent
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back for months, possibly a year.
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The FAA would step in at this point.
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They know it's a test rocket so they understand the consequences
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of testing these Rockets down here.
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But the FAA would take a look, especially with this thing being
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part of the the nasa/esa. LS program, they take a look at
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it and they'd say, hey, maybe this is, is going to take a
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little bit of time for us to, for us to figure this out and to
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give them a launch license for this thing.
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Because if it disassembles on the pad, what could happen in
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flight. So it could take a little bit of
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time. But they understand, you know,
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there's processes in place between SpaceX and the FAA and
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it could be a no-brainer could be no big deal, or it could also
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be years Ears of postponement because, you know, something
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that happened to the Space Shuttle.
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This is going to, this is going to transport people, you know,
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and they have to be as safe as possible with as Rocket.
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This is going to transfer people from the orbit of the moon to
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the Moon surface. One of these, not this one in
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particular, my do but this is going to be the hls program, a
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few years down the line. So the FAA in the space, Have to
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work together to get this right the first time.
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Hopefully, so they don't damage the pad.
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Now, that being said, it's an exciting time because once they
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Stack Up ship 24 on booster 7, they're going to be doing a fit
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test. And what the fit test does is
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make sure that all the systems that work with the ship and the
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booster and the orbital launch Mount, which includes the launch
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arms and the tower. All the stuff that stage 0 by
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the way, all of the Tower and the orbital launch pad is stage.
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0 stage, 1 is the booster stage 2 is the Starship and they have
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to make sure that all those systems work and are in place
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and the reliable before the orbital flight test.
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Now, if it's the case that they do stack, the ship on top of the
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booster, everything fits properly, they may do some
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cryogenic testing of both vehicles.
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So, the kid to a cryogenic test of the ship and the booster
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together, make sure everything fits well when it's extremely
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cold and they could also do some cryogenic, you know, and
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propulsion in the flow tests during this time as well.
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So maybe a spin Prime test. Make sure the engines work while
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they're stacked for the booster and then eventually they'll
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continue doing the work on the booster.
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They might even do a static fire with the ship on.
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Top and that would be a thing that they would do before, right
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before they do the launch, you know, they do all the static
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fires of the booster separated from the ship and then when they
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mate them together, they would have to do a static fire as
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well. That's kind of how normal a
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space flight goes. If you see a regular rocket, say
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a Falcon 9 rocket and they have the fairing on top, they put the
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fairing on top and then they do a static fire.
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They don't do the static fire without the fairing on time.
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So the fairing is the thing that houses Satellite before it gets
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into orbit. Now, the thing is, when they,
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when they meet these two, the rocket and the booster, they
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still have over a month, if he lines, correct?
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Because it's January 9th, right now, when I'm recording this, so
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they have over a month. If he line is expecting late
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February or sometime in March launch of this thing.
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And of course, we're always up to Mystic if we're thinking
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about Elon Musk now for His time frames.
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So, realistically probably middle of summer for this launch
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because there's still a lot of stuff to do so usually what they
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do is they stack up the ship and we'll do some cryogenic testing
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some fit testing, make sure everything works together in
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unison and then we'll do some more testing after that, they'll
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take them apart and test them separately.
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together. And then that's going to take,
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you know, stacking this right now it takes a whole day to
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stack this and then there's no more road closures.
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There's no road closures on Tuesday, but possibly on
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Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Thursday. Same thing. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
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Friday 8:00 a.m. to RPM and usually on Fridays in the
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weekends they have a deal with the local County Cameron County
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that they won't close the beach for the weekends because people
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enjoy going to the beach for a good time.
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So the Friday's Saturday Sunday there's no testing on that.
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So there you lose two four, six, eight ish days of testing that
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they could be doing and they will be doing other things, they
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will be working continuously. Starbase during that time.
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But most of the time, the weekends are kind of kind of
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slow, but they may be ramping it up for the orbital flight test
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and you can tell you can tell from the activity on the ground,
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how exciting? It's going to be going getting
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at Starbase in the next few months.
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So probably in the next, we can kind of tell in the next two
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weeks where we'll be at. In the next month if they have
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an influx of people and if they're working hard, if there's
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a ton of people down there We'll see an influx of people coming
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in to finish out this work and real quick.
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Thank you very much. So that's what's happening at
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Starbase Texas. But let's talk a little bit
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about what's happening with Tesla and the model.
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S, the price range of a Tesla Model S is somewhere between
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100,000 to 130,000 dollars and it could go up to about a
14:15
hundred and fifty thousand dollars depending on what kind
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of options you add to your order.
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This is a impressive vehicle, you know?
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Oh, the quickest acceleration in a production vehicle today, zero
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to 60 in under two seconds. The quarter mile goes nine point
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two, three seconds at 155 mph, 1020 horsepower.
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Three high-performance motors with carbon sleeve rotors.
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It's a beautiful piece of engineering.
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Now, the thing is those one piece of this beautiful piece of
14:46
engineering, this some people, absolutely despise.
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It is the steering yoke. I think it's great and it
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doesn't just look amazing. It's also very functional.
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You can look over the top of the yolk and see your heads up
15:00
display. Now, the current model S is have
15:04
an option for a steering wheel. You can have a full wheel, you
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don't have to use the yolk and on their website, you can switch
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between the two yoke steering is included.
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The steering wheel itself is included but it's not a normal
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steering wheel with all the buttons and gadgets like a
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normal traditional vehicle. It's a slimmed down version and
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it's a great addition to the The model S Vehicles.
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Now some people that already bought the model S that only
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have the option for a yoke. We're kind of out of out of luck
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at this point because they like steering wheels.
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They couldn't get used to the yolk but they loved everything
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else about the vehicle and there were some third parties that you
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could go to to install a steering wheel.
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On your Tesla Model S or Model S plaid but they were kind of
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expensive $1400 for an installation of a custom
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circular round steering wheel. For the model, S or model X, or
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the Plaid the 2021 to 2023 version also, with a discount of
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$600. So originally, it was two
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thousand dollars for this extra wheel that you can add onto your
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model Sr model X. So what do you do with that
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point? If your Tesla and you start
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offering the vehicle with a steering wheel or a steering
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yoke? Well, they've come to the rescue
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of those people that don't really like the yolk.
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Tesla is now offering a retrofit for drivers of its Model S and
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model X Vehicles who want to switch from the Yoke steering
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wheel to a traditional round. Steering wheel, the retrofit
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which cost $700 includes installation and features a
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heated wheel and premium vegan leather.
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However it does offer a very familiar form factor for drivers
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who may not have been used to the yolk design.
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It will be available starting in March of 2023.
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It is also compatible with model S and model X Vehicles equipped
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with a yolk. And this retrofit option comes.
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After Tesla recently, began offering around steering wheel
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as an option for new buyers of the model S and model X
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previously. The only steering wheel option
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for these vehicles was the Yoke steering wheel and some current
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owners may be disappointed that they have to pay for the
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retrofit as the round steering wheel is now a free option for
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new buyers. However, it's worth noting that
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the round steering wheel is not an Normal steering wheel but
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rather around version of the yolk steering and the retrofit
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allows drivers of these Tesla models to switch from the Yoke
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steering wheel which is shaped like a horizontal bar to a more
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traditional wheel in this may be appealing to some drivers who
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prefer the look and feel of a round steering wheel over the
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yolk design. Now the yolk designed takes a
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little bit of time to get used to and some people just aren't
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ready for that move Tesla recently released their The for
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Nia footprint information to the public.
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So they post this on the website.
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It's at the Tesla.com / blog address and it's the Tesla's,
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California footprint article and they say in the last 20 years
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since Tesla was founded in San Carlos California.
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We've grown from a long shot. Start up to the state's largest
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manufacturing. Employer in world's largest
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leading electrical vehicle maker.
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So there's a few key points that I want to touch on.
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Today and we can talk about those a little bit later, but I
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want to share this information with you so we can get it out
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there because I think this is important for the future of
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Tesla but also for the future of manufacturing in California.
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Now. Tesla is a huge, huge
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manufacturer in California. They have a lot of money pumping
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into the economy and also not just jobs with Tesla themselves,
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but secondary markets, and other suppliers.
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So they had an economic Impact assessment that happened just
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recently. So here we go, let's take a look
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at these bullet points now. The first one is Tesla supported
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California. Jobs direct and indirect
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exceeded 80 thousand in 2021. It's over 43,000 of these
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stemmed from 1.6 billion dollars in expenditures with California
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suppliers 1.6 billion dollars. That's a lot of money.
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Now they also say here, Tesla supported Jobs in California,
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increased by 40% from twenty eighteen, to twenty Twenty-One
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in 2021 wages. Exceeded the state average by
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50% offering, the highest compensation in our sectors, so
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they're not just making money. They're giving money back to the
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people that do the work. So the highest compensation in
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the sectors that they run in. So the EV market and the
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manufacturing Market, here's another bullet point, for every
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100 direct Tesla jobs, More were supported in the supply chain
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and 68 by follow-on consumer activity.
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So out of every 100 direct Tesla jobs, hundred people that work
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at Tesla, 50 more were supported in the supply chain.
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So they're not just bringing money into Tesla, they're
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bringing money into the economy, for other people in California,
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and from 2018 to 2021 Tesla paid, an average of 1 billion
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dollars in federal state and local taxes annually.
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Ali with approximately 400 million going toward State and
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local taxes in 2021. That is a lot of money HUD or 1
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billion dollars in federal state and local taxes.
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Annually is 400 million going toward State and local taxes in
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2021 four hundred million dollars.
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So Tesla is not only employing people and employing the people
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that helped them out. They're also helping out
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California by giving them the taxes but that's just happens
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because you're a manufacturer in You have to pay your taxes
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anyway, but Tesla shows that they're making in runs with the
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four hundred million dollars. Going towards state and local
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taxes in 2021 they go on bullet point number three from 2018,
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sorry, bullet point. Number four Tesla's average
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contribute contribution to the Gross State product.
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The GSP Rose by 42 percent between 2018 and 2020 1, while
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the state's GSP grew by 16%. So basically 16 Percent States
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Gees at GSP grew and Tesla's, 42%, their well, above the state
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average. and the last bullet point wages from Tesla Tesla
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connected jobs resulted in one or sixteen point six billion
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dollars in economic activity or forty four point four million
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dollars injected into California's economy each day so
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not just Tesla paying taxes but Tesla paying the people that
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work for them in the also the suppliers and those people
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spending money on California's economy whether it's Got to
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dinner buy groceries you know whatever it is that they have to
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do some of them. Probably still have ice cars, so
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maybe buying some gas for their cars, the normal everyday stuff,
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buying clothes, jewelry everything else, digital Etc.
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So they're spending money in California with the money that
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Tesla makes from being in California with this highly
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skilled Workforce. And then at the very end, they
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say in 2022, Tesla grew to 47,000 employees, direct
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employment in California, and our production footprint
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continue to increase as our two millionth vehicle Rod off the
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lines and Fremont. Since 2016, we have made over
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five billion dollars in capital investments in our facilities
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and we're confident that these Trends will continue and that
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2023 will be even bigger year for Tesla in California, so they
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will continue to operate in California.
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Some people, there's been rumors that saying that Tesla will be
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moving everything to Texas in the coming year, but those are
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unfounded and there's no there's no data to back that up with so
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ever. And they're saying right here,
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we're going to continue 2023 in California.
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So anything that they said before those, then anything that
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you've heard online about Tesla, moving everything to Texas,
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don't don't think about it because right here, Tesla
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States. They will be staying in
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California, but they're giving a bunch of money to the people in
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California, the giving a bunch of money to California itself.
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So, Tesla is a win for California.
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Hey, I want to say, thanks to everybody out there, listening
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today, and thank you for those that have subscribed to the
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show. It really does help out a ton.
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So, thank you so much again and I appreciate your time.
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Take care of yourselves and each other and I'll see you in the
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next one. Bye bye.
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They will be staying in California, but they're giving a
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bunch of money to the people in California, the giving a bunch
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of money to California itself. So, Tesla is a win for
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California. Hey, I want to say, thanks to
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everybody out there, listening today, and thank you for those
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that have subscribed to the show.
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It really does help out a ton. So, thank you so much again and
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I appreciate your time. Take care of yourselves and each
23:52
other and I'll see you in the next one.
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Bye bye.