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Elon Musk Weekly Update · Elon Musk Podcast

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Twitter's most iconic symbol, the light blue bird logo, seems
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to be facing the Twilight, going the way of the dodo, if you
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will. The decision to retire the bird,
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which has been at the center of the company's brand since its
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inception in 2006, marks the latest in a series of dramatic
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changes under Elon Musk, the platform's owner.
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Musk, 52 years old now the founder of Tesla and SpaceX,
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announced via his personal Twitter account, x.com now
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points to Twitter.com. Interim X logo goes live later
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today. His post, at once cryptic and
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clear, signify the impending end of the familiar bird logo.
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Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and gradually all
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the birds, he added in a later tweet.
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These words echo his ambition to redefine the social media giant
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into something that's all-encompassing Now.
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The distinctive bird logo traces its origins back to Twitter's
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founding, when the company purchased a stock symbol of a
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light blue bird for $15, as reported by design website
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Creative Block. And Twitter's name itself is a
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whimsical allusion to the sound of birds chattering.
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Now, however, the future of the platform appears to void of
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these avian reverences. Musk's connection to the X
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symbol is not new, though. In 1999 he founded x.com, a
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company that later evolved into PayPal, one of the world's
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leading online payment platforms.
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Now, when Musk, famously known for his ambitious ventures and
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electric vehicles and space exploration, took over Twitter
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last year, he dubbed it an accelerant to creating X, the
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Everything app. Now, this statement gives us a
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hint of Musk's grand vision to the future of Twitter.
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Following this direction, Twitter's parent company was
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subsequentially named X Corporation.
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Now, the decision to swap Twitter's familiar bird logo
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with a new one raised eyebrows in the business community.
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Elon Musk said if a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we'll
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go live worldwide tomorrow. That's what Musk said, posting
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the logo changed through at a surprisingly fast pace.
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And in another statement, he spoke of cutting the Twitter
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logo off the building with blowtorches, possibly referring
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to the removal of the old signage from Twitter's San
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Francisco headquarters. Musk's moves have not been
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without controversy, though. In the six months since the $44
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billion acquisition, he's shaken the Twitter world.
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Despite Twitter's brand toolkit still recognizing the light blue
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bird as its most recognizable asset, Musk has shown his
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commitment to charging a new path for the social media giant.
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Yet this hasn't translated into instant success.
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Fidelity marked down as holding in Twitter by 2/3 in May, and
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Kathy Woods, Ark. Investment Management also
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reduced its stake by 47%, as reported by the Wall Street
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Journal. Now, to counter the challenges,
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Musk has set out to revitalize Twitter's revenue streams,
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primarily focusing on optimizing advertising.
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Earlier this year in March, he announced plans to enhance the
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relevance of Twitter's ads, projecting the platform would
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break even on a cash flow basis in quarter 2.
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However, the reality proved otherwise as Twitter's cash flow
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remained in the red. Musk attributed this to a
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roughly 50% drop in advertising revenue and the company's
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substantial debt load. Further iterating on his
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rebranding plans, Musk revealed that Twitter would soon sport an
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X logo accompanied by a significant color scheme change.
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He initiated a user poll to change default platform color to
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black and even hinted at a potential logo design saving
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like this. But X above an illustration of
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the iconic bird silhouette against a black backdrop, Elon
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Musk's unconventional leadership style has been a subject of much
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debate. Now he continues to make
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headlines with his decisions at Twitter.
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And his personal Twitter account, once known for his
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innovative updates on SpaceX and Tesla, has now transformed into
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a live chronicle of his overhaul of Twitter.
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The once playful, bird loving platform is evolving under Musk
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and whether this transformation leads to a triumphant flight or
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a crash landing remains to be seen.
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Could this be the rise of a new Phoenix?
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However, amid all the upheavals, Musk has not shield away from
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addressing the challenging financial situation Facing
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Twitter. He has openly warned that the
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platform might face bankruptcy risk, a sentiment underscored by
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the platform's persistent negative cash flow due to a
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significant drop in advertising revenue and the subsequential
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debt load move to replace Twitter's long standing bird
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logo signifies more than just a design change, it represents a
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shift in identity, philosophy, and perhaps destiny for Twitter.
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With Elon Musk is at the helm and he's steering Twitter, or
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now X, into a new chapter in its history, we're going to switch
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gears from Twitter to Tesla now. And on Friday, a U.S.
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Federal appeals court indicated its readiness to reassess a
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recent decision condemning Tesla CEO Elon Musk first purported
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violation of federal labor laws. The violation reportedly came
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about in 2018 through Musk's tweet suggesting that employees
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could lose stock options if they chose to join a union.
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This reconsideration was triggered by the 5th US Circuit
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Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
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It granted Tesla's request to revisit the case.
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Agreeing to engage a panel comprising its 16 active judges
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and bank review is a significant procedural move, typically
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implying that the court believes the course possesses substantial
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importance or the initial decision might have been
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incorrect. Earlier in March, a three judge
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panel from the same court had upheld a National Labor
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Relations. Board or the NLRB Ruling.
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The NLRB held that Musk's tweet on May 20th, 2018 constituted an
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unlawful threat with potential discouraging impacts on
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unionization efforts at Tesla. As per this ruling, Musk was
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directed to delete the offending tweet.
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The tweet came into focus when the United Auto Workers Union
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was seeking to organize employees at Tesla's plant
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located in Fremont, CA. To organize employees at Tesla's
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plant located in Fremont, CA, the Musk's tweet read.
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Nothing stopping Tesla team at our car plant from voting union
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could do so tomorrow if they wanted, he wrote.
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But why pay union dues and give up stock options for nothing?
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The appeals courts panel identified substantial evidence
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that the tweet posed an implied threat to end stock options as
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retaliation for unionization. Now arguing for a
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reconsideration, Tesla raised free speech concerns, arguing
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that the NLRB disregarded several key factors.
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Firstly, no employees allege that Musk's tweet threatened
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them. Secondly, Musk didn't intend to
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threat anyone. Finally, Musk later clarified
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that his tweet wasn't intended as a threat.
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At the time of the report, both the NLRB and Tesla, along with
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their legal teams, haven't responded for any of our
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comments. Now, the final decision on the
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case isn't expected before 2024, though it's important to note
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that out of the 16 active judges on the appeals court, 12 were
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appointed by Republican presidents, potentially
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influencing the ideological balance of the bench.
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This isn't the first time that Musk's Twitter activities have
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landed him in legal hot water, though.
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In August 2018, he tweeted about having quote funding secured for
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taking Tesla private. This resulted in a US Security
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is an Exchange Commission lawsuit, as the funding claim
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turned out to be false. Subsequently, Musk and Tesla had
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to collectively pay $40 million in civil fines to settle the
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lawsuit. Now, despite these legal
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tangles, Musk's business empire remains unscathed.
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As per Forbes magazine, Musk's fortune stands at $236.4
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billion, making him the second richest person globally.
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In an unexpected move last October, he acquired Twitter for
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$44 billion, stirring a new era of leadership for the social
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media giant, and the forthcoming reconsidering of Musk's case
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presents a fresh opportunity for the tech mogul to defend his
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stance. It remains to be seen how this
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unprecedented legal battle unfolds and its potential impact
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on unionization efforts within the tech industry are now.
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Regardless of the outcome, though, the case underscores the
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rising tension between the tech, labor movements and industry
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leaders. In the Today, we're going to be
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looking into a significant development in the electric
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vehicle space that's going to transform the North American
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landscape. It's a new comprehensive
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electric vehicle charging network set to span across the
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United States and Canada. This is a joint venture backed
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by some of the largest players in the auto industry, including
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BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and
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Stalantis. These industry leaders are
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coming together with the aim of making EV charging as convenient
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as possible for users. This will revolutionize how we
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charge our EV's. Now in addition to that, we'll
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also be discussing Rivian, another EV maker.
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Now this is about the CEO of Rivian, and they share their
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perspective on companies that are truly committed to renewable
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energy and the importance of consumers understanding the
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source of their power consumption, where everything
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comes from. We'll take a little dive into
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that and also the future of EV charging.
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So there's a lot to uncover in today's episode, and I promise
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that it'll be a nice, thought provoking discussion that you
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won't want to miss. So stay with us.
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We'll take a quick break for some important messages from our
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sponsors and we'll be back to delve deeper into these
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developments in the electric vehicle industry.
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All right, welcome back, everybody.
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This is a major step for electrification in the auto
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industry. This is a global consortium of
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automakers comprising of BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai,
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Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Solantis and this is a joint venture to
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build a comprehensive EV charging network across the US
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and Canada. This is a formidable grouping,
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currently unnamed. They don't have a name yet, and
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they. Pledged to erect user friendly
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DC fast chargers along the highways and within urban
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environments of the US and Canada, the plan aims to install
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at least 30,000 high speed EV chargers by 20-30, with the
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initial one set to become operational by the summer of
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2024 in the US. Now, to fulfill this goal, this
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group intends to harness the national electric vehicle
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infrastructure or the NEVI funding in the US and draw from
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both private and public funding at the state and federal levels.
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So they're getting the government and the taxpayers to
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pay for most of this. And the current EV charging
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landscape is mainly Tesla Superchargers and Electrify
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America stations dotted all across the United States.
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Now these stations are typically installed in strategic locations
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where people can shop, they can go out to eat, or they can use
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restrooms. And in line with this, the
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proposed new chargers will be positioned along routes leading
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to holiday destinations and within major city limits.
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Now, these new charging stations promise seamless connection and
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charging capabilities for EV models manufactured by the
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partner automakers. This eliminates the need for
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consumers to navigate between different charging station
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applications, thereby ensuring a smooth user experience.
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The venture also seems to incorporate the emerging plug
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and charge standard that the Federal Highway Administration
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is striving to standardize, Mary Bera, the CEO of General Motors.
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Voiced her support for the initiative, saying the better
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experience people have, the faster EV adoption will grow.
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She pointed to the current issue plaguing many charging networks,
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which require unique apps and suffer from reliability
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concerns. Notably, Tesla's Supercharger
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network hailed us among the best globally will accommodate
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vehicles from automakers including Ford, GM, Volvo and
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more, all without necessitating activation via an app.
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In line with global sustainability initiatives, the
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joint venture plans to have its operation fully powered by
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renewable energy. Although it's unclear whether
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the renewable energy will directly power the stations or
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whether the companies will purchase credits.
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Is eco conscious approach is indicative of the industry's
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increasing shift towards sustainable practices.
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Now Canadians are great Neighbors to the North will have
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to wait until a later stage before the initial charging
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stations are installed. All stations will include
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standardized Tesla North American Charging standard
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ports, the NECS and the widely used Combined Charging System
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plugs, the CS. This announcement comes at a
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time when the environmental credentials of companies are
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under scrutiny. Now the Rivian CEO expresses
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frustration at companies overstating their green
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achievements. He believes consumers can't
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discern the difference, and the companies often hide the true
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source of their power consumption, he said.
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This is just so conceptually complex, drawing a clear line
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between companies that invest in renewable energy to offset their
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emissions and those who merely want to pay a teeny little
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incremental amount more to get the ability to pat ourselves on
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the back and say we're using renewable energy.
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That's what they said. Now they position Rivian as a
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company that aspires not only to offset its own carbon emission,
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but also to contribute to the creation of new renewable energy
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capabilities. This commitment led him to
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support the development of a new solar energy center in Kentucky
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built the top of former coal mine.
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Now the mine Starfire, once bustling with miners hauling
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millions of tons of coal annually, is set to be
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transformed into a solar farm, aiming to generate 800 megawatts
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of energy, enough to power 160,000 homes per year.
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Bright Night, a company based in Florida, which is a solar
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company, is additionally constructing A10 mile
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transmission line to add another GW of power capabilities in the
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future. A Rivian has committed to
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purchasing 100 megawatts of energy from the project under a
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virtual power Purchase agreement, the PA, which means
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the power is clean energy and it won't directly power Rivian's
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electric vehicles or its corporate infrastructure.
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However, it will contribute to powering up to 450,000,000 miles
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of renewable driving every year. Now, the commitment to renewable
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energy doesn't stop with Rivian, though.
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Other automakers like Solantis and Mercedes-Benz have also
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signed on to virtual Ppa's to help meet their sustainability
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goals. Now, virtual Ppa's are growing
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in popularity amongst American corporations, and in 2021,
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corporations purchased a record 31.1 gigawatts of clean energy,
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which was over 10% of all new renewable energy capabilities
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added worldwide that year. Tech giants like Amazon, Meta,
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Microsoft, and Google accounted for more than half of those
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agreements. Now, the Rivian CEO asserted
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that without these virtual Ppa's, many renewable energy
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projects wouldn't even get off the ground.
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The commitment to the purchase power for these projects ensures
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their financial viability and their completion, and Rivian's
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commitment to the solar project in Kentucky shows that they're
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in it for the long haul. Rivian also champions
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transparency and reporting environmental impact.
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It's striving to achieve Scope 3 neutrality.
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This is an objective that means the company aims to eliminate
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all indirect emissions from its supply chain and the life cycle
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of the Ev's it produces. Moreover, Rivian plans to offer
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a package allowing drivers to match their charging regardless
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of location with renewable energy Now.
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This commitment to offsetting carbon emissions positions
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Rivian as an industry leader in the shift towards renewable
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energy. Now this collective venture of
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global automakers to build this new EV charging network is a
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huge move and this will electrify an eco conscious
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future for the automotive industry.
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Now the commitments towards renewable energy signals a shift
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towards sustainable practices in the automotive sector that we've
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never seen before and hopefully will help promote wider EV
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adoption in the future. Thank you so much for listening
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It helps out the show a lot. So thanks so much everybody.
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Please take care of yourselves and each other and I will see
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you in the next one. And then in this update, we're
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going to be the Starship program.
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And after the initial Starship launch ended in a dramatic
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explosion above the Gulf of Mexico, the company's forward
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momentum has stalled on the launch front.
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Three months have passed since the incident and the company's
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yet to submit a final accident report to the Federal Aviation
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Administration or the FAA. Now this indicates that the
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rocket program remains grounded for now, and the second launch
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may not happen this summer, unlike what Elon Musk has said
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now overseeing the investigation into April 20th launch.
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The FAA stated on Wednesday that it still awaits the critical
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report that will identify the necessary corrective measures
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SpaceX must undertake before gaining clearance for another
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launch from Boca Chica Starbase, Texas.
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And an FA spokesperson avoided conjecture regarding the
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potential completion date for the agency's investigation,
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explaining that public safety and actions yet to be taken by
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SpaceX. Will dictate the timeline.
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Now, according to the FA, any return to flight operations will
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only be sanctioned when it is determined that any system,
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process, or procedure related to the mishap does not affect
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public safety or any other aspect of the operator's
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license. Now, they emphasize that the
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mishap investigation is still ongoing, though now adding to
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the situation's complexity. SpaceX is also trying to modify
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its current license, which was suspended after the first
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launch. Now, despite these regulatory
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roadblocks, though, Elon Musk and SpaceX are projecting a
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swift return to launching operations.
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The company, which is held privately, has been showcasing
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repairs to its orbital launch mount now.
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This facility sustained significant damage from
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starships first launch, raising public safety and environmental
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concerns. The rocket, after a chaotic
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liftoff and loss of control, was annihilated over the Gulf of
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Mexico and while dealing with the aftermath, SpaceX has made
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enhancements to its launch site. Among the new editions is a
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steel plate designed to shield the pad in future test launches.
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Last week, the company shared on Twitter that it transported a
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new super heavy booster prototype to the pad.
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For testing ahead of Flight A Continuing its updates on
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Monday, SpaceX revealed that it's completed propellant load
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tests on two different boosters, Booster 9 and Booster 10.
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Images displayed the boosters glazed with frost after being
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filled with liquid methane and liquid oxygen.
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The absence of a completed investigation report and the FAE
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approval for another launch suggest that Musk's timeline for
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resuming test flights may be overly optimistic.
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Musk, who's also responsible for Tesla, the Boring Company
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Nurlink Operations, as well as Twitter, has stated on June 13th
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that the Starship would be ready for another launch within 6 to 8
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weeks, aligning with the end of July or early August time frame.
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A SpaceX Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, was
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launched from its Starbase facility at Boca Chica on April
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20th of this year. It managed to clear the launch
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tower, which Elon Musk said was a hope at most and at recent
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altitude, of 24 miles above Earth before culminating in an
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uncontrolled explosion over the Gulf of Mexico.
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At liftoff, though, the Rockets 33 Raptor engines fired up, but
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there were only 31 that were actually firing, and they also
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fired chunks of concrete and metal from the launch site
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across 385 acres, igniting wildfires and kicking up a dust
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storm of pulverized concrete, scattering debris.
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Possibly up to 6.5 miles away from the launch site.
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Must conceded the launch had caused an unforeseen rock
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tornado under the Starship Super Heavy, his booster stage during
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liftoff and despite the havoc, he insisted there were no
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significant environmental damage.
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And since the launch, SpaceX has progressed.
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At the launch compound has been closely monitored, and since the
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three months this Starship debuted, SpaceX has made a huge
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amount of progress on the hardware of the boosters and the
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ships, and also on the launch site ground systems down to
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Starbase, Boca Chicas, Texas. Now, despite the optimism,
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SpaceX still has legal hurdles to overcome before resuming
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flight testing from Starbase. Along with the FAA, SpaceX is a
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codefendant in a federal lawsuit contesting the FA A's initial
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approval of the Starship launch program, and the suit was filed
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by environmental and indigenous groups that challenge the FA A's
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review and approval of Spacex's plans.
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The plaintiffs are pushing for the agency to carry out an
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environmental impact statement, a process that can potentially
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ground the rocket program for many years to come.
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Now, the suit alleges that the F approval violated federal laws,
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including the National Environmental Policy Act, due to
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an adequate consideration of potential harm to wildlife.
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The FA and SpaceX have largely denied these allegations and
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court filings and have requested the lawsuit's dismissal.
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SpaceX is the most valuable aerospace and defense company in
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the United States, and the company has asked to intervene
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in the lawsuit, citing a direct subsequential economic interest.
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Now Musk has stated the SpaceX has invested 3 billion dollars
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since 2014 and developing the Starbase facility, and the
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facility is pivotal to the company's growth though, with
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plans to use Starship for launching more Star Link
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satellites into orbit and returning NASA astronauts to the
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moon with the Artemis 3 program. Musk also has ambitions to use
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the reusable rocket to transport human beings to Mars for the
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first time. Now, after the initial Starship
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launch, Musk stood edit this out.
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After the initial Starship launch, Musk said he expected to
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spend an additional $2 billion on the rocket program, hoping to
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attempt at least five launches by the end of 2023.
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However, the test is in limbo right now, and NASA has actually
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voiced concerned over Spacex's ability to have its lunar Lander
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version of Starship ready in time to carry astronauts to the
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moon. According to the space agency
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schedule in early June, NASA indicated that it's Artemis 3
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moon mission originally planned for late 2025, is likely to be
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postponed until 2026 due to Spacex's complications with the
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Starship program. NASA's associate administrator
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Jim Free commented on the situation.
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They said with the difficulties the SpaceX has had, that's
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really concerning. Meta Platforms, who was led by
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is strategizing on how to boost
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user retention on the recent launch of Threads.
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The direct rival of Twitter, now the text based social media app,
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experienced a significant user dropoff following its highly
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anticipated debut, according to a statement by Zuckerberg during
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an internal town hall on Thursday.
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Despite a falloff in engagement, the company's leadership noted
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that the user retention rate is above expectations.
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Although not without room for improvement and the app
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experienced A surge of signups at launch with numbers exceeding
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100 million, the retaining these users proved very challenging
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for meta, Zuckerberg stated. We have more than 100 million
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people sign up and it would be incredible if all of them, or
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even half of them stuck around. We are not there yet.
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Nonetheless, the CEO termed this dropoff as a normal trend in app
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usage. Following the initial excitement
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of a new product launched, he further predicted an increase in
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user retention. As a company plans to introduce
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new features to Thread soon. This includes a desktop version
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of the app and advanced search functionality to enhance user
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experience. Now struggling to implement more
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retention driving hooks, Meta aims to encourage users to
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continuously engage with the app.
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One proposed strategy was mentioned by the company's Chief
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Product Officer, Chris Cox, who suggested integrating threads
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with Instagram, ensuring important threads are visible to
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Instagram users. The company, however, declined
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to comment further. On that matter now, Medis
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executives share their insights a day after presenting an
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optimistic growth revenue forecast that impressed
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investors, signifying a potential turnaround for the
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tech company. Now, the firm faced criticism
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over its substantial investment in the Metaverse in 2020, an
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investment that coincided with a downturn in advertisement sales.
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This revenue forecast disclosure boosted Medishares by 8% on
25:04
Thursday, indicating renewed investor confidence.
25:07
Now, Zuckerberg expressed optimism about the company's
25:09
progress in developing augmented and virtual reality technologies
25:13
that willpower the Metaverse. He affirmed that they were not
25:16
significantly ahead, but progressing as planned.
25:19
CEO highlighted the importance of investing in these
25:22
technologies early, especially given the competition from tech
25:26
giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft, Zuckerberg said.
25:30
We have to have all the tools ready for when this is ready for
25:33
prime time. The company also drew attention
25:35
to its artificial. Intelligence model Lama Two
25:38
which was released earlier this month.
25:40
It is freely available for commercial use to any developer
25:43
with services having fewer than 700 million users.
25:47
And according to Cox, the model has already received over
25:50
150,000 download requests in the week following its release.
25:54
Following its record-breaking launch Threads, has faced
25:57
dwindling user engagement, however, rival Elon Musk, who
26:00
acquired Twitter last year. Should not start celebrating
26:04
quite yet. On Wednesday, Zuckerberg shared
26:06
Meta's comprehensive plan to enhance threads and eventually
26:10
overpower Twitter in the social media landscape.
26:12
He said we have a lot of basic work to do now.
26:15
The CEO highlighted the importance of testing and
26:18
introducing features the users enjoy, while simultaneously
26:21
ensuring that these features encourage consistent app usage.
26:25
And Zuckerberg also pointed out that while threads had seen a
26:29
user drop off. Its monetization was not an
26:32
immediate concern. The focus for now was on scaling
26:35
the user base to hundreds of 1,000,000 Threads emerge as an
26:39
alternative Twitter, especially following Musk's radical changes
26:42
to the platform after his $44 billion acquisition.
26:45
And this caused a portion of Twitter's user base to seek
26:48
other platforms for real time online Conversations developed
26:52
in less than six months with a team of just 15 engineers.
26:56
Threads recorded over 100 million users within a week of
26:59
its launch and unprecedented achievement for a social media
27:02
app. And despite the current lull in
27:05
user engagement, Meta remains optimistic about Threads.
27:07
Future The company plans to introduce several updates in the
27:10
coming months and years. One recent update includes a
27:13
follow content feed now discussing Metas, track record
27:16
and standalone app development. Zuckerberg acknowledged the
27:19
company's limited success beyond original services like Facebook
27:23
and acquired platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp.
27:26
And taking cues from venture capital strategies, where
27:29
several investments are made with only a few yielding
27:32
substantial returns, he suggested that Threads could be
27:36
their rare success. The CEO attributed the
27:38
opportunity to the controversial changes on Twitter under Musk's
27:41
leadership, he said. I'm optimistic about where we
27:44
are, and it's a long road ahead. There's a journey for Zuckerberg
27:49
and the Threads team, and that journey is to have the first
27:53
social discourse app. To reach 1 billion users, it's
27:57
in a huge, huge announcement from TikTok, the social media
28:00
giant, they've unveiled a feature that permits users to
28:03
post text only content. This marks a significant
28:07
milestone for TikTok, opening up a whole new channel of
28:10
communication and storytelling for its community of video
28:13
makers. Now the strategic move widely
28:15
regarded as a challenge directly to Elon Musk's rebranded social
28:20
media venture X, which is previously known as Twitter.
28:23
Places the Chinese app at the forefront of the dynamic digital
28:26
world's evolution and as of Monday, Tik Tok's creators have
28:29
an additional string to their bow of content creation
28:32
capabilities. The new feature allows creators
28:35
to opt for a text only format in their posts.
28:38
This pioneering change aligns perfectly with Tik Tok's
28:40
missions to broaden options for creators and facilitate their
28:44
creative process along the way. It provides them with more
28:47
freedom and flexibility and how they share their ideas.
28:51
A representative from TikTok said text posts are a game
28:54
changing feature, expanding the boundaries of content creation
28:58
for everyone at TikTok, and they aim to give the written
29:02
creativity which was once confined to the margins and
29:06
comments, captions and within the videos themselves.
29:09
Now they have a dedicated space on the platform.
29:12
In this modern era where video and image content predominantly
29:15
command attention, Tik Tok's latest update is a testament to
29:19
the company's recognition of the power in appeal of the written
29:21
word. A platform has always been a
29:23
powerhouse of creative content, with users leveraging its tools
29:27
to share personal stories, choreographed dances, comedic
29:30
skits and much more. And the introduction of text
29:33
posts only extends this creative range, facilitating new ways for
29:38
users to share everything from poignant stories to recipes to
29:42
poems. Now, Tik Tok's Text Post feature
29:46
offers a simple and straightforward creation
29:48
process. Users can navigate to the camera
29:50
page, which previously offered photo and video content creation
29:54
options. Alongside these options sticks a
29:57
new text option. And selecting this directs the
30:00
user to a dedicated text creation page where they can
30:03
pour their thoughts and creativity into the text of
30:06
their posts. Now, despite the textual focus,
30:09
the new text posts are by no means static or dull.
30:12
On the post page, users can discover a host of enhancement
30:15
options to make their text posts as dynamic or interactive as
30:19
their video or photo posts. They can add sound to their text
30:22
posts, a feature that keeps true to TikTok score experience and
30:26
can elevate the post tone or the mood.
30:28
Location. Tagging and enabling comments
30:30
and duets make the text posts interactive, while stickers and
30:34
a variety of background colors and a visual element, making the
30:38
text posts appealing and distinctive.
30:40
And perhaps what are the best features of this new iteration
30:44
is a direct challenge to Musk's X.
30:46
It's the ability for text posts to include tags and hashtags.
30:51
Users can tag other TikTok accounts, a valuable tool for
30:54
collaborative content creation, or to credit sources or
30:57
inspiration. And the hashtags allow creators
31:00
to connect their content with trending topics or threads,
31:03
decreasing the reach and visibility within the broader
31:06
TikTok community. TikTok, owned by Chinese
31:09
multinational technology company Byte Dance, has been soaring in
31:13
popularity across the globe and in contrast, Musk's takeover of
31:17
Twitter, now known as X in October, has been tumultuous.
31:20
His 10 year has witnessed a wave of layoffs, A precipitous drop
31:24
in advertising revenue, and a series of controversial changes
31:28
to the platform's verification policy, stirring unease within
31:32
the company's platform and the user base.
31:35
Now the landscape of social media platforms is evolving and
31:38
companies relentlessly innovate to retain their users and
31:42
attract new ones. And the launch of Tik Tok's Text
31:45
Only Post feature may therefore come as a significant blow to
31:48
Musk and X. As it gives TikTok a
31:51
considerable edge in terms of user engagement and content
31:55
diversity. However, the challenges that
31:57
Musk faces do not end with TikTok Meta, Facebook's parent
32:02
company, has recently made its foray into the social media
32:05
rivalry with a launch of Threads, a new platform that
32:08
seems to have struck A chord with users worldwide.
32:11
Now the site reported a staggering 100 million user sign
32:14
ups in its inaugural week, signaling A potentially
32:17
disruptive player in the social media domain.
32:19
Meanwhile, in the midst of these significant shifts, Musk
32:22
initiated a new chapter for Twitter on Monday, rebranding it
32:26
as X, complete with a fresh website domain and a new logo,
32:30
And it's yet unclear what impact this rebranding will have on the
32:33
platform's user base and its future growth.
32:36
However, it certainly cements the notion that the world of
32:39
social media is still in a state of flux, and these platforms
32:43
must constantly innovate to stay relevant and competitive.
32:47
Talks text post feature. While seeming simple at first
32:50
glance could have far reaching implications for the platform in
32:53
the social media landscape as a whole.
32:56
By acknowledging and celebrating the power of the written word,
32:58
TikTok may inspire a new wave of creators who prefer expressing
33:02
themselves through text. And for the community of
33:05
writers, poets, critics and thinkers who might have found
33:08
the video centric nature of TikTok daunting or ill fitting
33:11
to their mode of expression, this is a welcome change.
33:14
And at the same time, for existing TikTok creators, the
33:17
feature adds another layer to their content creation
33:19
abilities. Again, now complement the videos
33:21
with written content, providing more context, reflections or
33:24
narrative to their followers. This can potentially enhance the
33:28
engagement and resonance of their content.
33:31
A Tik Tok's latest innovation reiterates its commitment to
33:33
empowering creators and enhancing the user experience
33:37
over there. As the platform steps into the
33:39
textual content sphere, it remains to be seen how it will
33:43
compete with X and Metas threads.
33:47
Now these innovations will continue to happen and these
33:51
platforms will continue to. Compete for the foreseeable
33:53
future and the race is on for the most dominant social media
33:57
platform on the planet. Thank you so much for listening
33:59
to the show today. I appreciate all of you out
34:02
there. So please, if you could take a
34:04
second and hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever
34:07
podcast platform you're on right now, greatly appreciate the
34:09
help. We're going to be talking about
34:11
Starbase. We're going to be talking a
34:12
little bit about Falcon Heavy and the upcoming mission on the
34:15
26th, and we're also going to be talking about SpaceX and
34:20
whatever comes to our mind. So first, there's nothing
34:23
happening at Starbase. No.
34:24
And no testing happening. Nothing happening at Starbase.
34:28
There's a bunch of stuff happening at Starbase, but
34:30
there's no testing. Larger testing and like
34:32
cryogenic testing or things that could close down the roadways
34:35
for the foreseeable future. Closures were canceled for the
34:38
24th and the 25th of this week, so we're going to be moving on
34:42
hopefully to maybe later this week, I'm 100% sure about that.
34:48
But they already did some testing on booster and they've
34:50
already done a bunch of testing on the ship.
34:52
So it seems like the next step would be to maybe.
34:56
I don't even know what the next step would be because they have
34:58
the whole deluge system they have the OLM is.
35:01
Revamped There's so many things that could happen and we don't
35:05
know the procedure for that anymore.
35:08
And last week we've seen. Testing on Chip 25 we've seen.
35:12
Testing on boosters 9 and 10, the Orbit launch mount also got
35:17
tested fully, so we've seen the Dellage system, we've served
35:20
like the new plane. At the bottom we've seen the
35:23
quick disconnects, both of them working.
35:25
The Obviously the chopsticks are working because they lifted up
35:28
Booster 9 to put it on the launch mount.
35:30
So it seems like it's a fully. Functional stage zero.
35:37
It looks like it, yeah. It seems like they're in a spot
35:40
where they could what they know more now than they did before
35:45
the first launch. It seems like they've got the
35:48
processes figured out. They have, They've streamlined a
35:51
lot of the processes because they need to be able to crank
35:53
these things out. They want to launch two or three
35:56
a day at some point. We'll.
35:58
Have to see that. That would be insane.
36:01
I wouldn't know what to think at that point.
36:04
Yeah, it's pretty impressive to watch how the last what, three
36:09
months, I guess it's been or so since the first one, since the
36:12
first orbital attempt and all the changes.
36:16
And they're coming out of this way stronger than they went into
36:19
it. And it should be really
36:21
interesting to see. And as is typical with SpaceX,
36:24
once they do something once. They know they've got it and
36:28
they move on to the next thing. So they've already launched this
36:30
once. It didn't make it to orbit had
36:33
some issues but they've already designed it once so they know
36:36
what they're doing and now they're just moving on to what
36:38
the next stage whatever that is, fixing the over the launch mouth
36:41
and all those things tread looking into the hot fire
36:43
situation which I'm not exactly sure how that's going to figure
36:48
that in the end but. We'll see, yeah.
36:50
The separate the stage separation is going to be the
36:53
most exciting part. The launch, I think they're
36:56
going to be Okay. I don't know.
36:57
We're not 100% sure if they're going to be okay with that one,
37:00
but the stage separation is going to be wild.
37:04
But it's going to. If the engineers and everybody
37:07
at SpaceX thinks that's the way to go, it seems like a really
37:11
proper way to separate this thing because it is freaking
37:13
massive. Yeah.
37:14
Do you know, do you know if Booster 9 and Ship 25 are set up
37:19
for that? I don't believe they are.
37:20
I don't believe they're set up for separation.
37:23
Elon said something about it in a tweet, but I'm not exactly
37:27
sure what he said about it or what booster or ship will be for
37:31
a separation like that. It might be, they might have
37:33
already set it up, but I like I've seen all the pictures and
37:36
the videos and things of the booster I'm.
37:39
Sure, but I'm pretty sure it's still in development stage.
37:43
Yeah, these two vehicles are designed for it.
37:46
Yeah, it seems like a new thing where they're like, ooh, that
37:50
didn't work. They'll probably want to test
37:51
that masses or something, but want to test a fire on the Dome
37:55
to make sure that it's not going to melt through or whatever.
37:57
Yeah, I'm trying to get it, I guess, to you.
38:00
Yeah, I don't believe that. I don't think these are set up
38:03
for sure. Yeah, I don't think so either.
38:05
Like you and I were talking before the broadcast started
38:08
about the massiveness of this rocket and how, like, how big.
38:12
And I always say it like every time I get online, I'm like,
38:14
this thing's frigging huge. Yeah, but this shows.
38:17
Think about how big your car is. And how big you are.
38:22
And then look at the scale of this compared to a vehicle, like
38:24
just a regular car. It's absolutely massive.
38:27
So getting so crazy, it still blows my mind.
38:32
Like I've seen in person, so I know how big it is, but just
38:35
even seeing pictures of it, I'm like, okay.
38:38
This reminds me how big massive it is.
38:41
To think about launching A skyscraper.
38:43
They're basically launching A skyscraper to orbit.
38:47
And how do they do that 30? 3 Raptor engines and that works
38:53
like. That's a lot of fuel.
38:55
That's a. Lot of awful, lot of fuel, awful
38:58
lot of thrust. And they made.
39:00
It off the pad. Last time, so the deluge system
39:02
was tested. We know that.
39:05
We know the deluge system was tested and it.
39:06
Do you think they're going to do a static fire with the deluge
39:09
system to test this deluge and the static fire at the same
39:13
time? Absolutely.
39:14
Yes, absolutely. Yeah.
39:16
I was just thinking about that well before we went on as well.
39:18
Yeah, I think that every static fire from a booster from now on,
39:21
we'll have the deluge running. Yeah, I think so too.
39:24
I think it's ongoing testing as well as protection of the launch
39:28
map. Yeah, sure.
39:29
And as long as obviously the deluge system works and it
39:32
doesn't completely need to rip it apart, I get to the Country
39:35
class. The Skip real, real quick back
39:38
to how big this thing is. Rocket Future Andrew C at the
39:42
Rocket Future on Twitter. You can see a person.
39:47
This is the this is like 1/4 of the way up this thing.
39:50
Yeah. And what a beautiful shot.
39:53
A great shot. Yeah.
39:55
And I don't even understand how these people have the nerve to
40:00
get into this lift, for one. Because I'm afraid.
40:03
Of heights, but two. And then they have to do like
40:06
one of the world's most complicated engineering feats.
40:09
So they have the pressure of, Oh yeah, I'm 150 feet off the
40:12
ground or whatever. So I have to do these things
40:15
that are crucial to get this thing off the ground and not
40:18
blow up. So, yeah, obviously.
40:20
That's the Rocket Garden. I'm not sure exactly what ship
40:23
he's working on. My guess in this Booster 10.
40:25
I don't know why they would be. Have anybody up on one of the
40:28
retired boosters, if you will? Yeah.
40:31
My guess is that's Booster 10, but I haven't confirmed that you
40:34
just saw that picture just before we go on.
40:36
Yeah, shout out to anybody that goes up in these things and
40:40
shout out to. Andrew C from The Rocket Future
40:43
for taking beautiful shots repeatedly at Starbase.
40:46
So at the Rocket Future on Twitter you'll follow him.
40:51
Awesome dude. And also awesome shots.
40:54
Booster 9, like we said, was lifted up onto the launch mount.
40:58
What a beautiful shot to like. How cool is this?
41:00
Yeah, gorgeous. They got the shot from below and
41:02
also all the stars and above in the sky.
41:05
It's such a cool shot. And the lighting on the launch
41:09
mount, it makes it look just illuminated and amazing.
41:12
And chopstick as you said before they work, which is great.
41:17
Apparently they seem to be working fine as can you notice
41:20
the there's some cladding at the bottom of the launch tower to
41:24
see that there's some. It looks like there's some
41:25
reinforcements at the. For sure, yeah.
41:27
At the tower, it looks like they figured.
41:30
Out. The plan actually was to clad
41:31
the entire tower in something, whether it was going to be as
41:35
protective as this is. I don't know, but so this
41:38
certainly seems to be productive.
41:40
I love this shot because it looks like there's camo drawn
41:42
all over the Starship because of the shadows.
41:44
I. Didn't even notice that.
41:46
Who star should say it looks like it looks really futuristic?
41:49
Yeah, that's really cool. Yeah.
41:52
I didn't even notice that. Wow.
41:54
Yeah. And then there's another one
41:56
they have from a little bit different angle.
41:58
But yeah, it's still the Texas night sky, which is absolutely
42:01
beautiful. That's one thing that I can say
42:04
about. My time down there is that you
42:07
could see all the stars, everything, because it was 25
42:12
miles away from Brownsville and everything else.
42:15
You could look up and you could see everything.
42:17
I would spend some nights down there just to get away from the
42:21
lights of the city and I would just go to the beach late at
42:24
night, just hang out, look at the rocket and just stare up at
42:27
the stars. I would just lay on.
42:28
I didn't really lay on the sand because it's you get sand
42:31
everywhere. And of course it's just.
42:33
Anakin knows it's everywhere, it gets everywhere, and it's
42:37
coarse. It's coarsed so.
42:41
I lay on my car like late at night, look up at the sky and
42:43
just look over. Oh yeah, there's a big rocket.
42:45
There, too. But it's a beautiful place,
42:47
Yeah. And it's a great place to launch
42:49
a rocket, too. Yeah, what a great shot, though.
42:51
We're getting into the beauty of all of this as well because
42:54
we're like, it's such a cool thing.
42:58
That Starship is going to be capable of in the future,
43:01
bringing huge loads to space, and it's going to be, it's going
43:05
to be wild what happens. I'm not sure whether it's
43:08
actually going to happen. I don't know if it's actually
43:10
going to happen, but once they've got this thing down pat
43:13
and they're launching right, left and center, I hope that
43:16
they put some attention to the aesthetics of it all.
43:21
Certainly it's a beautiful ship, all stainless steel and pretty,
43:24
but it would be nice if we started seeing that.
43:27
Science fiction future at some point at once, they've got
43:31
they're launching 100 of these a month or whatever they do want
43:35
to do. They start to look into it and
43:37
go. OK, how can we make this not
43:38
only functional but look really awesome as well?
43:42
Because that's one thing that society's lost, I think, in the
43:45
last 30 years or so, is that aesthetics of things.
43:50
We're so concerned about making things as cheap as possible that
43:53
we've made it as as industrial as possible as well.
43:57
It'll be nice to get back to those servers aesthetic values
44:00
of the 50s where you've got the streamlining or shapes and
44:03
whatnot. It'd be cool to see that come
44:05
back. I don't even think about that
44:08
future. So do you think they would, do
44:09
you think they would paint the whole rocket or do you think
44:11
they would just slap a logo on it or what do you how are you
44:14
feeling about this? I don't know what I'm thinking.
44:16
I don't know what it is, but maybe the cladding over some of
44:19
the plumbing on the booster gets a little bit of a.
44:23
A treatment where it's a little bit smoother or a little more
44:26
aerodynamics, OK, as opposed to the sort of square, bulky look
44:30
that we've got now. I don't know.
44:33
I don't know. I'm not responsible for that.
44:35
If they want me to be responsible for it, I'm
44:37
available to the moment. I hadn't put too much thought
44:42
into it. Yeah, no, that sounds awesome,
44:45
but I'm just going back. To to, or discussing them
44:48
putting the cladding up the tower, right?
44:50
Yeah, it's in all the drawings, but they never did it.
44:53
Little things like that are even one step closer.
44:56
Plus, we're talking about Starbase.
44:58
He wants to build a city there, right?
45:00
Yeah, That's to support all the launches in construction.
45:03
Whatnot's going on down there? And development.
45:05
It'd be nice to see Starbase become a little bit more
45:09
aesthetic than Factory, yeah? Yeah, I think I'll be amazing.
45:14
Make it a tourist destination for sure.
45:16
Right now it is, but it's like you got to really be end of this
45:18
stuff to go down there if you got to sacrifice a little bit to
45:21
get down there. Yeah, I think it's something
45:23
Kennedy Space Center. It's a.
45:25
It's like Disney A. Little bit.
45:27
People go there just to go see rockets and stuff that are
45:30
interested in Space Flight and engineering.
45:33
And maybe just like the unknown people are like, hey, this is a
45:36
giant rocket or hey, this is what Saturn does or whatever,
45:38
there's engineering and science all over the place down there,
45:41
so. The I think this would be a
45:43
really cool thing. Have tours of it when they're
45:45
not actually launching or when they're not, whether or not
45:47
testing. Have a guided tour of the
45:49
facility or something like that. I don't know if ITAR would allow
45:52
that, but you could have a guided tour along the road and
45:56
show people, hey this is this, Bay does this, we're building
45:59
this here, blah blah blah. It would also be really cool if
46:02
they they could even do that on their socials instead of having
46:06
people down there in person. It would be really neat if Elon
46:09
did a tour of everything like he did with Tim.
46:12
The everyday astronaut. But he does it like for a
46:14
produced video for SpaceX, which would be really cool and to show
46:19
hey, this is what we do here now, but we want to do this here
46:21
too. That would be really interesting
46:24
to see too. Absolutely have a manager or
46:26
something. It doesn't have to be Elon, but
46:28
Elon would get the most that. Has to be Elon, yeah, one of his
46:31
clones. Yeah, yeah, maybe Gwen could do
46:35
it. That would be cool.
46:37
Yeah, yeah. They're not doing anything
46:38
right. Yeah.
46:39
What's that doing? I think she's not.
46:40
I don't mind. Coming out and do a tour for
46:42
regular folk. Yeah.
46:44
She's not been in the future over there, not at all.
46:46
Yeah. Yeah.
46:47
So the future Starbase looks pretty bright in the next few, I
46:51
don't know. So they're so we were talking
46:54
about the processes before and how they've streamlined
46:56
everything. But do you think they've
46:59
streamlined it to to a better place where they could launch
47:02
this in August? I reached out to a few people on
47:06
Face or not on Facebook, but on. On YouTube and on Twitter, and a
47:10
little bit on Discord. And here's one person old gamer
47:14
noob on YouTube said the way the ship was tested with an engine
47:20
static fire right off the bat, and with the booster now having
47:24
already been fully filled with cryogenic liquids, I'd venture
47:28
they'll unify some tests and make quick work of things.
47:31
The FAA will be the main hold up this time I think.
47:36
So I have to agree that I think the FDA is going to be the last
47:41
step. Of course I'm going to do.
47:44
Going to show that there it is right there, old game renoob.
47:49
Yeah, I believe I'm on record several places back when the
47:52
first launch happened and we saw the damage, I said the weekend
47:56
of August 19th before our launch and I still stand on that.
48:01
I think we're still go on that, on a go on that.
48:05
If the FA gave them permission today, I think they could
48:07
probably attend the launch in a week.
48:11
I think that they're at that stage they need to static fire.
48:14
They've already static fires 25 and they were happy they didn't
48:17
replace any Raptors and whatnot. Yep, they need to static fire 9
48:22
Booster 9 and I think that they could be ready to go right after
48:25
that as long as everything was just was operating as it was.
48:29
I think the hold up again will be as you say, the FAAI think
48:32
there was a lot of damage. To the compound as but as well
48:36
as the a lot of concrete spread over the area around the launch
48:40
site. So I think that there's a bits
48:42
are in there that they'll want to address and get answered and
48:45
then they're likely doing that already from the day at launch.
48:48
I'm sure they've been talking to yeah and giving reports on
48:51
everything they're doing to repair things and whatnot and
48:54
prevent it from happening again the future.
48:56
So I don't think it's going to be as long a wait for the FA to
49:01
to secure this, but it's just a matter of time.
49:03
But yeah, I think that's a little less than a month I will
49:06
be launching this thing. Wow.
49:08
Yes, I stay by it. I stand by it.
49:10
I think you're pretty right. I'm going to venture to say it's
49:13
going to be a little bit later, maybe septemberish maybe, but
49:18
Elon, even Elon was like, yeah, middle of August can be ready by
49:22
the middle of August. And like you said they were
49:24
talking to, they've been talking to the FA.
49:26
Probably an hour. Like within hours of the last
49:29
launch. Within probably minutes.
49:31
Within the last launch, the FA was probably on the horn.
49:33
Hey, what just happened, buddy? That just blew everything out
49:37
there and they had these steps in place before they launched
49:41
the first one and like they had lots of rockets.
49:43
Over the years. Lots of rockets over the years
49:45
that have blown up on the launchpad.
49:47
Yep. Causing all kinds of damage.
49:49
Yep, it's just this is just another one.
49:52
Yeah, and this didn't blow up in Launchpad, it blew up the
49:54
Launchpad. Same sort of deal, same kind of
49:59
damage probably. I would imagine the only
50:02
difference being that the tanks for all the cryogenic fluid and
50:05
stuff were a little bit closer at the launch site than they
50:08
were the Cape I believe. But so that's probably the big
50:13
difference here. I think that the it's just a up
50:16
matter of time to get past these things, but it's happened
50:20
before. And you know what?
50:22
They expected it to blow up in the sky, then they expected to
50:24
get off the launchpad. And the F knew that, so it's
50:27
just a matter of satisfying them, and I think that won't be
50:30
hard at all. Yeah, I agree with you.
50:33
I think they like they're showing them all the data that
50:37
they get as they get it. They're showing them how we're
50:39
they're mitigating the problems that were on the pad.
50:42
And I think they'll just go, it'll bring as much as they can,
50:45
they'll breeze through this and then they'll be ready to launch.
50:49
Now if the water deliard system and the statics fire static
50:52
fires work perfectly the first time.
50:55
They might do like A7 static fire, like A7 engine and then
50:59
the 14 or whatever, and then go to 21 and be like can't static
51:03
fire everything. So now we're going to launch it
51:05
and then they'll stack it up and do a fill test probably on both
51:09
the rocket or the ship and the booster maybe like and then
51:14
launch it up one more time just to make sure all the systems
51:17
work and then. Yeah.
51:18
Did they do a static fire with the ship with ship 24 on top of
51:21
eight? I don't think so, no.
51:24
I don't think they did. Yeah, they were just.
51:26
They don't do. I'm surprised they don't do
51:27
that, to be honest. I am, but I'm also.
51:30
I totally understand why they don't, because if they do a
51:34
static fire again one, it's almost like they're wasting
51:39
time. I think because they've already
51:40
done it. They've already tested those
51:41
engines and they've already tested all the systems.
51:44
The only system that they wouldn't be able to test without
51:47
the ship on top was like, is the ship going to fall off the
51:49
booster? Yeah, and but that was part of
51:51
the problem, right? Is that it didn't release, Yeah.
51:54
So is there anything to be seen, observed from a static fire and
52:00
how those lock pins work some place?
52:03
I would like to see that. And they did it.
52:06
They've already launched this once.
52:07
We talked about this earlier. SpaceX is very happy doing
52:10
things once, having it work and moving on and saying that's the
52:13
way we're going to do it every time.
52:15
Yep. They only they've only really
52:16
landed one ship successfully. Oh yeah, you're right.
52:20
They moved on. They immediately move on to say
52:23
we've done it, we're good. You did it.
52:24
Move on. Yeah.
52:25
Yeah. And then you're going to need to
52:27
prove that again. In my mind, but not in their
52:29
minds. Apparently they've already
52:31
launched the ship once in their minds.
52:33
Is everything cool? Let's just go for it.
52:35
Do they put 25 on top of nine and then stand fire and then
52:42
launch? I don't think.
52:46
I don't think they need to. Yes, but.
52:49
As opposed to I'm sorry, as opposed to static fire 9 on its
52:54
own. Ooh, OK do they just?
52:56
Jump to the watch. Basically just OK.
52:59
So this is I think this. Could be an issue because if
53:03
they static fire with the ship on top of the booster, could the
53:08
ship get rattled? Which is better than when it's
53:15
in the air. Move out of place?
53:12
They might have to readjust it, just better.
53:16
Yeah. I think that's the whole point
53:18
of static firing with the ship on top is the seat that.
53:20
Would make sense, Yeah. That would make 100% sense.
53:23
Will SpaceX do that? Probably not, because they're
53:27
just like I work last time. We didn't do it last time and it
53:29
seemed to work. I don't.
53:30
Know I can. I'm leaning more towards them
53:34
not static firing 9 before the ship's on top, statifying it
53:37
once and then launching. Oh, like a 20 something odd.
53:42
Engine static fire maybe? Yeah, something with.
53:44
The ship on top and this, hey, it didn't fall off saying let.
53:47
Go, guys. Everyone looks cool.
53:48
Let's launch tomorrow. Yeah, that makes more.
53:52
Sense, which is the standard process for Falcon launch as
53:55
well, right? Yeah, yeah, it put it on the
53:57
thing, the static fire, and then the next day or two they launch.
54:01
Yeah, so the ship would be something like the like a
54:04
fairing or something on a regular on a Falcon rocket.
54:07
Just the same thing. There's a huge faring.
54:10
It's a second stage, right? Yeah, second stage, gigantic
54:13
second stage. So that would make sense that
54:16
they do that. That's where they want to get.
54:17
To I think that's where you have to get to eventually.
54:20
It's it skips what like a week and a half of testing because
54:25
they do a static fire, then they like have to close down the
54:27
roads. You have to get the data from
54:29
that static fire, wait about 3 days or so, refuel it.
54:33
That makes way more sense, way more sense.
54:37
Will they do it for this one? Yeah, but to say if not this
54:41
one, then the next one, I bet they try and do it, yeah, yeah.
54:46
I would love them. I didn't even think about that
54:48
until you just said that. So my mind's going crazy.
54:50
But it seems like they're just Wis.
54:52
Just like straight through all these tests.
54:54
This happened real quick. They already had the booster
54:57
there. The ship.
54:57
Yeah, Everything is being tested at Massey's beforehand.
55:00
Everything's getting ready to roll.
55:02
I don't remember. When it was that.
55:04
Yeah, I don't remember when it was that my fear went away that
55:07
the ship was going to implode when they're doing a cryo test,
55:10
probably 6-7, maybe, right? Not seven, but maybe ship eight.
55:15
That is when I started to think, OK, this thing's going to
55:17
actually not going to implode and it's going to work.
55:20
And I still, it boggles my mind that we're talking about four
55:24
millimeters of or five millimeters of stainless steel
55:27
holding all this cryogenic fluid in place.
55:29
Yet at least I feel confident that it's not going to implode.
55:34
Of course, Speaking of implosions, the test ship said
55:37
27 that you could see the Dome top Dome of that imploded after
55:41
the last testing. That is interesting.
55:44
That is interesting. Obviously, we're testing that to
55:46
failure. They wanted that to happen.
55:48
Yeah. I think an implosion is better
55:50
than an explosion in that case. Yep.
55:52
I think they're probably quite happy with the results of that.
55:55
You get to this, whatever they were testing, Yeah.
55:57
Whatever. They were testing new steel or
56:00
new systems or whatever happened to be, Yeah.
56:03
I think they're, yeah. And if they move past that,
56:06
they'll have Ship 28. Ship 29.
56:08
I don't even know how many ships are down there now I have, I've
56:10
lost count of which ships are down there and what boosters are
56:13
of like readily available because I'm focusing on the ship
56:17
that's going to launch and the other stuff that's happening.
56:20
It's super important. But also like it's off there
56:25
somewhere and I think that's where everybody else is at too,
56:28
is that this is an amazing feat that will happen.
56:31
Like you said, Ship 10. Ship 10 head or not ship 10, but
56:35
booster. They're doing the booster, all
56:37
sorts of boosters and ships and testing everything.
56:41
It's like, how can they keep track of everything?
56:44
And I'll just I'll. Leave that space.
56:45
They have an Excel spreadsheet. To be honest with you, they're
56:48
probably yeah, they're fine, they're fine.
56:51
Yeah, I know that they're building Ship 30 right now.
56:54
Believe they're setting that and it looks pretty slick.
56:58
Like, it's starting to really look like they know what they're
57:01
doing as far as the tiles go and all of that.
57:04
It just happens now and it's got a.
57:07
It's got the that would be insane, even.
57:09
I think it. We need to keep thinking that
57:11
they're moving forward. We need to keep thinking that
57:13
they're thinking, what's the next step?
57:15
This next ship's going to make it orbit.
57:17
So next one after that, why don't we throw some startlings
57:20
up? May as well.
57:22
That makes they have to move forward with the Starlink
57:24
program as fast as possible. They need to make money and
57:27
getting. Eczema.
57:29
What is it like 10 I think at the at this time for the regular
57:33
like? Falcon money, yeah.
57:35
Yeah, stuff like that for a Falcon launch.
57:37
Like they're like throwing away money at this point when they
57:40
can get like 20 or 30 in a Starship.
57:43
So does one Starship launch, even if it's an expendable
57:47
Starship, which is probably going to happen for the next 10
57:50
starships, then at least get some star links up there and
57:53
make the money back from the Starship launch.
57:56
Yep, that make that money back fund Starship.
57:58
And just keep going with it and that's how they're going to fund
58:01
the Starship program going forward is I think that the Star
58:04
Link launches and they also have, they have some customers
58:08
like at Bay like just ready to launch on this thing, it's once
58:12
it's ready to go. Once it's proven.
58:15
Yeah, once it's proven and they know that they can get
58:17
satellites into orbit, they know they can get heavy.
58:19
They need a heavy lift rocket to get some stuff up there.
58:21
I wonder. If we see, I wonder if we start
58:23
to see satellite companies building flat satellites.
58:27
That could be just has dispensed if you will, as opposed to the
58:31
traditional box shaped satellite.
58:33
Whether they start to compress them and make them fit out that
58:36
door, I wonder, good idea. But maybe they can assemble
58:39
themselves once they're launched or something like that.
58:42
Yeah, like a the solar panels roll out and whatnot.
58:45
Like how the James Webb Telescope unfurled it.
58:48
And yeah, exactly like that. It would certainly make
58:52
everything less complicated and you could put. 15 Star Link and
58:56
three regular satellites and this, that and the other just
59:00
stacked them in order in the in the Starship and keep launching
59:04
them out as you need to. That'd be incredible.
59:07
I'm trying to find at this point.
59:09
Remember they had a PES, They had a Starship where the front
59:13
opened like that. I was trying to find that
59:14
graphic but I can't find it. That was what's in my head, I'm
59:17
thinking. I wonder if that even makes
59:18
sense anymore. I don't unless.
59:21
You're unless you're perhaps collecting an old satellite to
59:24
fix it or just to get rid of space check or something like
59:26
that. I wonder if that even makes
59:28
sense anymore whether the pest dispenser is the way the future
59:31
for that sort of thing. Because how big of a satellite
59:34
you really need to launch these days with micro everything
59:37
right. Yeah.
59:39
This thing is still going to be what's probably 6 meters wide
59:43
out imagine at the very least. Yeah.
59:46
And who? And that's probably.
59:48
I don't know how tall the pet Spencer is, but probably a meter
59:52
at least, if not more. Yeah, so 6 meters by 1 meter and
59:56
then unfurls to whatever size you need.
59:58
I don't know that you need a subway larger than that these
1:00:00
days. Yeah, everything's smaller.
1:00:03
Now you can. We have the world's knowledge.
1:00:05
So much in these box satellites they're sending out and the
1:00:09
yeah, the cube sats and everything.
1:00:10
Yeah, that's what I meant to say.
1:00:12
Same thing. They're a box.
1:00:17
Yeah, so Speaking of satellites, this whole start Starship thing
1:00:23
is predicated by the Falcon Heavy launch, so there's a
1:00:28
readiness review happen for a target of Wednesday, July 26th
1:00:33
for Falcon Heavy's launch of the Hughes Connex Jupiter 3E Star 14
1:00:39
said. Like why do they make these
1:00:40
names get? Launched.
1:00:41
You got enough names. Come on, man.
1:00:44
This kid somebody. Short of it, it's a
1:00:46
communication satellite. Yeah, yeah, it's a communication
1:00:50
satellite. It's going to be the heaviest
1:00:53
geostationary satellite ever launched at just over 9 metric
1:00:56
tons. Wow.
1:00:58
Yeah, size. It is probably not, no, I don't
1:01:00
think. They I don't think they gave us
1:01:02
any. Sort of.
1:01:03
It fits inside the basically 4 meter wide, probably 5 meter
1:01:08
wide fairing, right? Yeah, yeah.
1:01:11
So it's quite large. I'm sure it's nine metric tons.
1:01:15
The thing is like 9 tons for a satellite.
1:01:18
What is in there? That's.
1:01:19
And this is supposed to be graded.
1:01:22
All new technology, micro technology version of this,
1:01:26
these kinds of satellites. This is the obviously the
1:01:29
state-of-the-art communication satellite.
1:01:32
Interesting that it's still that big.
1:01:34
Yeah, not 9 tons. That's so how.
1:01:37
What? A couple tons for a car?
1:01:40
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, five cars base.
1:01:44
Yeah, maybe 5 cars. That's how much it weighs.
1:01:48
What's in this thing? We don't know.
1:01:50
Like how much technology can you pack into this thing?
1:01:53
There's a KA band. It's a Ka band satellite.
1:01:55
Multispot BMK A band satellite based on the highly reliable L
1:02:00
1300 space proven platform which provides the flexibility to
1:02:04
support a Broadway. This in your head, do you, dude?
1:02:07
I'm just. I know IT and technology
1:02:09
advances, and not just know some stuff.
1:02:11
It features an entirely new architecture based on broad
1:02:14
range of technology advances, including the mini
1:02:17
miniaturization of electronics. OK, miniaturization. 9 tons.
1:02:24
Does that make sense? They're still made of gold.
1:02:26
Yeah, that features entirely new architecture.
1:02:29
Best we did, look this up. Yeah, the KA band is microwave
1:02:33
band, microwave range. That's how it's setting, beaming
1:02:36
things back and forth to earth. Yep.
1:02:39
So that's coming up on the 26th. That's going to be a pretty wild
1:02:42
launch and they say approximately 8 minutes after
1:02:46
launch Falcon Heavy side boosters will return to Earth in
1:02:50
land on landing zones one and two.
1:02:52
So we're going to take a look at how that.
1:02:54
Works. That's my favorite kind of
1:02:56
landing for these. Yeah, side by side.
1:02:58
So cool, man. Keep in mind these things are
1:03:01
seven story buildings. Yeah, and they just gently place
1:03:05
them back on Earth. And it's so cool.
1:03:08
I love how the legs open for the last second.
1:03:11
Everything's just so well timed. There's no, they don't cover
1:03:15
anything. They just come down at a very
1:03:17
consistent rate and settle down to earth so beautifully.
1:03:21
Yeah, I mean Target. I so I think about these
1:03:25
landings and then I think about Blue Origins landings.
1:03:28
And I'm always afraid when Blue Origin lands its booster because
1:03:32
it bounces, these go like they do a little these do a little
1:03:35
tiny shuffle and kind of little tiny sway.
1:03:38
But Blue Origins kind of like boink and you're like.
1:03:40
And in the cover, like they're not quite sure, are we actually
1:03:43
going to do this and then boing wing, wing instead of gradually,
1:03:47
slowly, like lowering your booster back, OK, we get to the
1:03:51
last, what, 7 feet or something those are.
1:03:54
I don't know the actual size, but they're probably 1/4 of the
1:03:57
height of this. It's just completely different.
1:04:00
Yeah, it's so cool, man. Like we we are literally living
1:04:04
in the future. This is insane.
1:04:07
This is something. Will happen.
1:04:09
Yeah, this is pretty normal. We expect these.
1:04:10
Boosters of lands? No problem.
1:04:12
Tomorrow. Yeah, something goes wrong.
1:04:14
We'll be like, whoa. Yeah, You know, we'll have
1:04:19
questions for months, but yeah. And as you can see how big they
1:04:23
are, you can see the architecture around it.
1:04:27
These pipes are quite large. There's little buildings,
1:04:29
there's fuel tanks, there's some ground systems here.
1:04:33
All these things are quite large.
1:04:34
But like you said, it's like a seven story building.
1:04:36
Huge. It's gigantic.
1:04:38
Massive. Yeah, and they just hover down.
1:04:41
Maybe you can see the top of the boosters they have the.
1:04:44
I forgot what they're called the the engines at the top that that
1:04:48
puff engines. What are?
1:04:50
They called. I can't remember what they're
1:04:51
called, but why can't I think of it?
1:04:54
Puff engines, so the. Little puff puffs at the top
1:04:57
there. That guide them in I believe.
1:04:59
They called the. Yeah, the yeah, you can see them
1:05:02
guiding them in and they go real fast too.
1:05:07
Like it's ridiculous how fast these systems go as you're
1:05:11
landing A7 story building. So yeah absolutely insane
1:05:14
absolutely crazy that this is actually happening again because
1:05:18
Falcon heavies gigantic still but nine metric tons for a
1:05:23
satellite that yeah. Makes sense.
1:05:26
I don't know it's yeah it's made of lead Thor's hammers in there.
1:05:33
I. Wonder how many more heavy
1:05:35
launches we have. Falcon Heavy launches?
1:05:38
Yeah, Falcon Heavy watches. I wonder how many more there are
1:05:41
left. Because yeah, I think Starship
1:05:44
takes it over. It's cheaper.
1:05:45
I think launch Starship that it is Falcon Heavy.
1:05:48
I think so too. I think usable.
1:05:51
I think three years. I don't think they'll.
1:05:54
I don't think they'll retire it. I think it'll be there for
1:05:56
specific use cases but I don't think.
1:06:00
I don't think we're going to see as many.
1:06:02
I think 1 Starship is moon ready for the next few years.
1:06:07
I think like the low Earth orbit stuff is going to be no big
1:06:10
deal. So three years, you're thinking
1:06:13
6 launches, something like that, yeah, maybe, yeah, 5-6 launches
1:06:19
and then that's it. Like I think unless like I was
1:06:22
saying, there's certain use cases for it, but I don't see
1:06:26
why Starship wouldn't be able to do those use cases as well.
1:06:29
Starship would do everything this thing can do, and 10 times
1:06:32
more. Yeah, it is.
1:06:33
Sure. Maybe if there's something
1:06:36
that's not big enough to go into a Starship, something that's
1:06:40
just only needs a fairing for a Falcon Heavy or a Falcon.
1:06:44
That's why I say you just pack it in, put it in the best
1:06:47
Spencer and shoot it out as needed and send some more
1:06:50
stylics up. SpaceX revolutionized rockets,
1:06:54
so why wouldn't they revolutionize the delivery
1:06:56
system as well if they're like, hey, if you want to launch out
1:06:59
of Starship, you have to build your architecture for our
1:07:03
device. It's like your phone, like you
1:07:05
have your If you're going to build an app for a phone, you
1:07:07
have to build it according to Apple's procedures.
1:07:10
So if you're going to build a satellite for our rocket, you
1:07:14
have to build according to our procedures, Yeah.
1:07:16
Or. You can use the Falcon Heavy,
1:07:17
but it's going to cost you three times as much.
1:07:19
Yeah. Planned obsolescence.
1:07:22
Good job, SpaceX. Good job.
1:07:25
They did it. Oh man, they did it.
1:07:27
They're a tech company. They did it.
1:07:29
Steve Jobs would be proud. I can't wait for Starship to
1:07:34
have some. DLC Oh yeah, $0.99 DLC is all
1:07:40
right your. Satellite's up there now.
1:07:42
In order to launch it, we're going to need. $11 million,
1:07:45
yeah, we're going to meet $1,000,000 subscription plan per
1:07:48
month or you can buy the. 1 year subscription plan for 11 months,
1:07:56
Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
1:07:59
So I think that's it for today. I think we covered everything we
1:08:01
want to cover. So what we got out of this is
1:08:04
that maybe they'll stack a ship on top of the booster and static
1:08:09
fire it. That's my take away from this is
1:08:12
that might be a really interesting and exciting thing.
1:08:15
And we're thinking a month or two for a launch.
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Yep. Yep.
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That'll be absolutely insane. I can't wait.
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I think it's going to be really cool.
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And I can't wait for the just. It's going to be the most
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impressive thing if it actually works.
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Yeah. Very cool, man.
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Yeah. Same here.
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All right, I guess that's it. Bye, everybody.
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I don't have a goodbye screen because we're doing a different
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platform. Yeah.
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Thanks, Neil. Thank you for continuing to
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bring all this awesome info to all your fans.
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Yeah, thanks to all the fans. And thank you for helping out.
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And yeah, thanks to everybody for spending your time here with
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me today. Take care of yourselves and each
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other. Bye.
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Bye.