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Elon Musk News Roundup July 1, 2023 · Elon Musk Podcast

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As a deputy chief of Global Production, Yoshi, Nakamura
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signals a Resurgence powered by Lessons Learned From Tesla with
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Tesla's model. Why surpassing the Toyota
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Corolla is the world's best selling car.
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We explore this Tesla shock reverberating across the Auto
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industry and Toyota's plans to navigate this electric
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Revolution. Now, the Japanese automaker not
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known for shying away from challenges is on the path to
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evolving it. Strategies implementing
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Innovations icky. In to Teslas.
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Now as Toyota seeks to regain lost ground.
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We're left to anticipate. What could very well be a
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fascinating shift in the Global Automotive landscape.
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It'll take a deeper look at that, after a word from our
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sponsors, in the history of the automotive industry.
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Toyota has reigned Supreme positioning itself as the
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standard-bearer for efficient lean vehicle manufacturing yet
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as the industry veers off into the electric vehicle Revolution.
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It appears that Japanese Titan has been left standing in their
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rearview mirror of Elon. Musk's trailblazing brainchild
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Tesla. Now, test has ability to adapt
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offbeat strategies and novel manufacturing Solutions both
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within its factories and throughout its Vehicles.
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Designs has seemingly outstripped, Toyota's
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long-established prowess. However, according to Yoshi
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Nakamura, Toyota's Deputy Chief of Global Production.
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The story may be sent for an exciting plot twists in a Don't
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cover Sation with Automotive news, Nakamura expressed his
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sincere admiration for Tesla's disruptive technology, rather
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than regarding it as a threat. If you use this Innovative
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approach in the advancement as a source of inspiration, a
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motivational challenge for Toyota to roll up its sleeves in
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clawback Lost ground Nakamura. However, is quick to clarify
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that this will not result in an outright mimicry of Tesla
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success. They said of course, Admit Tesla
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has wonderful technology but that just motivates us to work
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harder to catch up. Nakamura, was alluding to the
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Japanese philosophy of continuous Improvement.
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One that has been integral to Toyota success over the years.
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And there's an undeniable shift in The Winds of the automotive
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industry spurred on by the audacious startups that have
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embraced. The electric vehicle movement
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with open arms, free from burden of Legacy Technologies and
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outdated supply lines. These Nimble newcomers have
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proved That they can produce and so electric vehicles at scale
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and for profit, this includes Tesla whose model 3 and model, y
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have solidified their positions as best sellers in the
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automotive electric vehicle market.
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Now this seismic shift could well be christened as the Tesla
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shock. According to Industry insiders
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effects of this chakra felt most acutely by Toyota especially
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when Tesla's model. Why dethroned, the Toyota
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Corolla is the world's best selling car in quarter, one of
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23. But Toyota's battlecry has
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always been adapt and thrive in now more than ever.
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The giant is summiting that Spirit its latest electric
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vehicle strategy while yet to be proven signifies an intent to
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roll with the punches. This comes after the lackluster,
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performance of their last EV the B Z4 X which struggled to make
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significant inroads in the marketplace, one industry,
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observers Sandy Monroe, CEO of Monroe and Associates.
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I said that Toyota's new blueprint Bears significant
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resemblance to Teslas pioneering methodologies from an emphasis
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on vertical integration to the Embrace of advanced
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manufacturing techniques such as Giga castings and a broad use of
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robots in factories. Toyota seems to be borrowing
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from Tesla's Playbook. The strategy seems to stem from
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a certain humbling catalyzed by the rise of the Tesla Model Y,
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which experienced a stunning 77.2 year-over-year increase in
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sales in the first Four months of 2023 according to focus to
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move the model. Why chalked up impressive,
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336,000 753 unit sales in this period outpacing.
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The Toyota Corollas 325,000 984 Tesla's model, 3 trail
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considerably with 180 thousand, eight hundred and thirty nine
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units sold. Meanwhile data, provided by
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industry analysts, Troy test like presents an even more
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telling picture in the first quarter of when t23 alone, Tesla
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registered 125,000 826 model 3s in a whopping 280, 6354 model
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wise And the numbers speak for themselves, the model Y is
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outperforming, its older sibling the model 3 by a substantial
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margin and the narratives broader implications become even
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more striking. When we track sales Trends over
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the long term it's hard not to notice the model 3 sales
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performance which while not declining has certainly
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plateaued since quarter, three of 2020.
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Now, in contrast the model. Why exhibits a steady
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unrelenting upward trajectory and if imitation is the
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sincerest form of flattery, then Tesla must be Link white
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complimented and Toyota's new strategies show.
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A noticeable mirroring of Tesla's approaches from aiming
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for a complete vertical integration.
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A technique that Tesla has used to control every stage for their
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projects in process to embracing the use of large scale, diecast,
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machinery. And a more extensive use of
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Robotics on the production floor, Toyota is evidently
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drawing inspiration from the Silicon Valley Behemoth.
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Now, Monroe said, the Toyota plan that I see is very similar.
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ER to the Tesla production plan and that is good because
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currently that's the best in the marketplace.
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Toyota needs to also look outside for contrary points of
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view on how to run the company. Still Toyota's ambition is not
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to emulate Tesla outright drawing on their own strengths
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and Heritage Toyota is seeking to learn from Tesla's pioneering
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work and evolve in Toyotas. Famed Kaizen philosophy which
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emphasizes continuous Improvement in a Relentless
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quest for efficiency will surely play a pivotal All in this
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transformative Journey. However, the road ahead for
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Tesla is strewn with uncertainties, the company's new
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approach has yet to be validated and the journey toward its
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electric future remains largely Uncharted.
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Now, the first outing, the B, Z4 X hardly painted, a picture of
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overwhelming success, but Toyota the iconic car maker remains
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unfazed and is doubling down on his commitment to EVS viewing
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their past missteps is valuable lessons rather.
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Than setbacks. Now, in this scenario, it's
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crucial to note that the race for Ev Supremacy isn't solely
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about technical prowess or manufacturing efficiency.
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It's also about consumer preferences and market demand or
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Tesla has built a considerable lead.
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According to Automotive data, especially as focused to move in
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the first quarter of 2023 Tessa's model.
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Y and the model 3 were in good shape.
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Now, they've also overshadowed Toyota's Corolla with which had
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5980 for sales and the why head 336,000 753 this reflects not
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just Tesla's manufacturing Acumen but also their grasp on
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market trends and consumer preference and the current
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situation is indeed a snapshot of a dynamic swiftly changing
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industry as the dust settles on the model wise unprecedented
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success Toyota a season Automotive veteran is regrouping
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and rethinking its strategies yet.
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It's still the early days in the the battle for electric vehicle
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dominance as the industry watches, Toyota strategic
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metamorphosis with bated breath. Many wonder if the company's
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famed efficiency and methodical planning combined with Lessons.
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Learned From Tesla, will prove successful in this new
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electrified era. The answer to this will shape
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not just the future for Toyota, also for Tesla and possibly
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entire Auto industry. And as we know this story is
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just unfolding. So please take a second and hit
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Today, we delve into the captivating tale of the
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notorious Twitter. Hack of 2020 to help millions of
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Twitter users hostage in real-time sweeping up Giants of
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the tech world and even reaching Elon Musk.
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The plot thickens. As we explore the recent
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sentencing of Joseph James O'Connor, the UK hacker known as
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plug walk. Joe was a crucial player in this
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digital. Drama.
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Now serving five years in federal prison.
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And having to Forfeit 794 thousand dollars to his victims.
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O'Connor story is a startling illustration of the very
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tangible consequences of cybercrime.
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And in this episode will be unpacking the details of this
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case. From O'Connor sophisticated
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hacking methods to, the series of events, leading to his
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capture in extradition from Spain will delve into the
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repercussions of the hack. Its impact on Twitter
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cybersecurity measures and what this incident means for the
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Archer Tech Community. It's a fascinating blend of
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Technology crime and real-world implications, that underscores,
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the importance of cyber security in our increasingly digital
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lives. But before we get into that,
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let's hear from some of our sponsors.
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It's been around three years since the seismic Twitter hack
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of 2020 erupted on the digital. Horizon is snaring, Global Tech
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Giants, an ordinary users alike. But this year, just as caught up
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with one of the hackers responsible Joseph James
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O'Connor. We're in a compelling example of
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how cyber crime carries real-world consequences, a New
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York federal court, has sentenced O'Connor 24.
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A UK citizen infamously known online as plug.
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Walk Joe, 25 years in prison. The sentence comes after
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O'Connor pleaded guilty in May to an array of charges including
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computer hacking while your fraud and cyberstalking the
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digital highest. Among the most conspicuous in
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recent memory, played out like a high-stakes Thriller unfurling
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in real time before millions of Twitter users.
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Worldwide and the consequences of O'Connor's actions.
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Significant enough to make him agree to pay seven hundred and
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ninety four thousand dollars to his victims of the Cyber crimes
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in a Sokka marked by International cooperation
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O'Connor was extradited from Spain.
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Earlier this year, following the request of us prosecutors and
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since then he has remained in the grip of us custody.
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During the sentencing judge, did srec of estimated that O'Connor
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could serve roughly. A half of a sentence taking into
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account, the more than two years, he had spent in pretrial,
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detention and the hackers potential time in prison.
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According to Reuters could have stretched up to staggering 77
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years. Now, as the Justice Department's
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prosecutors lobbied for O'Connor to serve, at least seven years,
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the courtroom Buzz with anticipation.
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But when his turn came O'Connor delivered, a statement that
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tilted towards Contrition rather than Defiance blaming his
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actions as stupid and pointless. He expressed remorse.
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To his victims and sought leniency from the judge.
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Nevertheless, the government's portrayal of O'Connor painted, a
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very different picture prosecutors accused.
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Him of exploiting, his sophisticated technological
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abilities, from aligned purposes, resulting in an
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intricate web of cyber crimes. These included a complex seem
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swap attack that loaded considerable amounts of
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cryptocurrency hacking Twitter commandeering social media
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accounts and even cyberstalking two victims.
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One of them a minor and to Any O'Connor was better known by his
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cryptic online, pseudonym plug, walk, Joe and under this
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moniker. He became a part of a band of
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hackers that targeted a string of high-profile Twitter
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accounts. Among them were those of Apple
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Finance Bill Gates, Joe Biden and even Elon Musk O'Connor
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O'Connor, and his associate skillfully manipulated Twitter
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employees into granting them access to Twitter's Network they
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deployed phone based social engineering techniques a
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strategy that fellow hackers Graham Ivan Clark, Alias Kirk
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leverage to hijack, me aside, Twitter user accounts Clark.
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Also implicated in the Twitter breach would later be convicted
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for his actions. This breach resulted in a
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spectacle, the millions of Twitter users will not soon
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forget as Twitter scribbled to contain this intrusion.
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Users were temporarily blocked from posting with their
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timelines inundated with cryptocurrency scams.
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From some of the biggest names in Tech, including Ilan,
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subsequently an investigation by the New York Department of
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Financial. All services accused Twitter of
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inadequate cyber security protections and according to the
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findings that hacker is hit impersonated.
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Twitter's it Department gaining access by calling Twitter
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employees. Once inside they hijack, the
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accounts of prominent figures and propagated double your
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Bitcoin scams. Now the scam fresh the hackers
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about 120,000 dollars as indicated by public blockchain
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records, the response to the breach Twitter overhauled, its
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cyber security controls, introducing hard, Security keys
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for employees to combat future phishing attempts.
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Now, with the dust settled new allegations about the breach
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began to surface around two years later, Peter mud zico,
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Twitter's head of security, who is hired months after the breach
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described the hackers access is a kind of God mode in this
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omnipotent access allowed them to masquerade as any Twitter
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account that they chose. And in a whistleblower,
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complaint filed with Federal Regulators in 2022.
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Zach, cold label. The incident, as quote, the
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largest, heck of A social media platform in history.
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He went on to accuse Twitter of significant cyber security
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failings. Stoking even more controversy.
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Now, this Friday marked a pivotal point in this three-year
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long, digital dilemma with the sentencing of one of the main
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actors. Joseph James O'Connor with a
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5-year sentence handed down and seven hundred ninety four
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thousand dollars to be forfeited.
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It's a reminder that even in this interconnected world of the
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21st century, even the most elusive, cyber criminals.
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Cannot Escape. Justice Twitter, the popular
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social media platform recognized globally for 280 character,
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tweets updates and trending topics is undergone a
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significant metamorphosis in the recent past and under the
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stewardship of Elon Musk who acquire the platform last year,
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Twitter has ventured into new areas guessing, it's net wider.
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And too long form content, allowing its Vision with
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platforms such as YouTube. Elon musk's leadership has
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always been grounded in to fund a tional pill.
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Slurs freedom of speech, and expansive growth is pension for
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pushing the envelope and steering the Twitter ship into
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uncharted waters. Has been the talk of the tech
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world. Now throughout his tenure as CEO
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and owner of Twitter as unfurled, a plethora of updates,
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each more Innovative from the last.
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Now, we're going to get into this a little bit more right
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after this word from our sponsors.
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Musk has demonstrated a particular interest in long
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form, social media platforms, and in a move seen as a direct
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competition with YouTube, recently introduced a feature
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that permits users to upload videos of up to two hours in
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length. This significant adjustment is
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coupled with an influx of exclusive shows.
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Aired on Twitter, adding a brand new dimension to the platform's
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engagement strategy. In what many perceive as an
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ingenious move. Twitter is leveraging.
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The popularity of household names, too.
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Attract more viewers. A prime example of the exclusive
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Show featuring X Fox News host Tucker Carlson aptly named
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Tucker on Twitter. A show offers, a fresh
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perspective on the intertwining, worlds of media and Technology.
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One could argue that the Twitter of today is worlds apart from
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its original Incarnation. It's not merely a platform for
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microblogging anymore but a versatile Hub of multimedia
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content in among the key players.
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Tapping into Twitter's expanded functionalities is a Bolt EV the
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tech Titan recently promoted Silo a science fiction series
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and its streaming service using a unique strategy that involve
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Twitter in the days, leading up to the season finale of Silo,
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Apple TV plus shared the full inaugural episode through, its
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official Twitter account. And with musk himself endorsing
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the move and encouraging users, to airplay the episode from
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their phones, to their TV, the Tweet quickly, amassed more than
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37 million views on a personal note.
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A big fan of Silo and I would recommend watching it if you
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have Apple TV + check it out on Twitter to check out the first
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episode for free. Now the response from Twitter
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was overwhelmingly, positive known YouTuber, mr.
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B's commended the decision stating smart move.
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I never would have heard of the show and now I'm watching
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episode 1 and invested. And with such endorsements Apple
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TV, plus his gamble seems to have paid off in Spades despite
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the growing success of shows. Like Ted lasso, Apple TV B+ is
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still considered a smaller contender in the streaming
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service Wars they have about 25 million subscribers compared to
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Netflix's staggering amount of 250 million and HBO has 96
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million. So that's pretty impressive.
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Therefore, the decision to debut the entire first episode of
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Silo, on Twitter, a move reminiscent of marketing tactics
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used by Twitter. Pirates was not only
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unconventional but also strategic Silo which is a Sci-Fi
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drama is based on the novel Wool by American Author Hugh Howey
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set in a post-apocalyptic world. The remnants of humanity live it
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is self-sustaining underground bunker known as The Silo web of
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Secrets and unanswered questions formed the Crux of the
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narrative. Expertly handled by showrunner.
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Graham Yost with themes of Truth fiction, in the power of
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information, coming to the Forefront.
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Now, the series features a star-studded cast, including
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Ferguson known for her role in Dune, as Juliet Nichols, and
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engineer thrust into a web of intrigue, following her Lover's
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murder, alongside her, the likes of Rashida Jones, common Tim
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Robbins in Harriet Walter, we've an intricate narrative that has
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captivated audiences so far, including myself.
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And while Silo is a relatively recent addition to appletinis
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roster of original content, its success has proven resounding,
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the series has been renewed for a second season, demonstrating
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apples faith in the show and as Of.
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Now, Nine episodes of salò are available to stream on Apple TV,
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plus with the much anticipated season finale titled, outside
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set to Premiere this Friday, at the grand scheme of things.
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These changes ushered in by musket, Twitter represent a
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seismic shift in how social media platforms function by
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incorporating. Long-form content, engaging
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programming, Twitter is broadening its scope and
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reshaping the digital landscape. The line between social media
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and content streaming platforms continues to blur Are indicating
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a transformative period for the world of Digital entertainment
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at the center of this revolution, Twitter and Elon
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Musk. A guiding this transformation of
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Twitter from a microblogging site to a multimedia Powerhouse.
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Now let's transition into some Tesla nodes, a notorious hacker
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known as Aunt green, the only claims to have Unearthed a
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covert software mode dubbed, Ilan mode, that enables a
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hands-free Driving Experience in Tesla vehicles.
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This breakthrough if legitimate emerges against the backdrop of
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Aunt green, the only' history of cracking Tesla's codes, their
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online presence is peppered with Revelations about the tech
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Giants. Maneuvers from revealing, the
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ability of Tesla to disable power seats, remotely to
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unveiling, and inactive Center camera feature in the model 3.
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This time, however, Revelation could be transformative, a
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function that appears to bring test the vehicles.
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The step closer to achieving full self, driving capabilities
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and green, the only after allegedly enabling Ilan mode,
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embarked on an ambitious. Test, run the footage posted
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online, might not yield insights into the specific on-screen.
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Of the mode. But it points towards its
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reality, the hacker claims that the test the vehicle with Ilan
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mode activated navigated, the terrain, without any manual
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intervention, the significant claim comes at a time when test
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has full self-driving software. A cutting-edge vision based
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system is under scrutiny. I'm currently in beta, the FSD
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is available to customers willing to Shell out upwards of
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15,000 dollars. However, it's also the subject
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of a leaked report. Citing numerous customer It's
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about sudden braking and unanticipated.
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Acceleration. Tesla's first generation
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autopilot system was initially praised for its driver assist
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features especially on highways but users have increase of Lee
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complained about the system's incessant reminders for manual
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steering confirmation prompting some to label it as nagging.
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And now this is a feature, even the upgraded FSD hasn't shed in
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a bid to ensure driver attentiveness test the vehicles
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equipped with a sin. Interior camera, monitor the
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driver's eyes. Now, what its sensitivity has
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been a source of annoyance for many, even a baseball cap could
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render a driver distracted in the eyes of Tesla Vision,
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prompting constant reminders to pay attention to the road.
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Continuous negligence could result in a temporary ban from
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using full self-driving that the system warns about now these
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reminders. However, see and conspicuously
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absent in at Green, the only' nearly 600 mile test, Ives using
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Elan mode of Conduct in a vehicle that hacker suggest is
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company owned. The video seems to show a lack
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of the nagging alerts vehicle in question, appears to be an early
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model X possibly without an interior camera.
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A details about how the vehicle was procured.
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Or if it is indeed equipped with a camera, remain a mystery at
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this point and in a Twitter thread outlining their
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experience green. The only mentioned that the
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vehicles still demonstrated some erratic Behavior such as random
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Lane changes and a slow highwomen.
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Way speed the accessibility of the software iteration to
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Everyday Tesla owners remains uncertain.
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We don't know really how to get into it and Elon Musk hinted in
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December that a more nag free Driving Experience.
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May be on the horizon and amid these Revelations green.
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The only praise the increased security measures and Tesla
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software compared to their initial foray into hacking the
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system, back in 2017 and the tech savvy hacker lauded the
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challenges posed by the increasingly complex system even
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as they Currently circumvented the company security measures
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according to Green, the only Tesla's care for its software,
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security is rare among automakers rendering, it's a
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nice puzzle, that keeps getting better.
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Now, with rumors of Ilan mode, swirling, Tesla stands at a
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turning point. The promise of a hands-free
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Driving Experience brings with it.
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The thrill of innovation in the shadow of apprehension.
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Now we're going to be keeping up with this as the story unfolds.
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This next segment is centered around SpaceX and more
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importantly the the 150 billion dollar valuation that could be
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happening right now. So California.
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Private space launch giant. Space X is currently in talks to
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sell Insider shares which could potentially hike the company's
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valuation to a staggering 150 billion dollars.
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Should these discussions materialize Space X which is
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owned by Tech magnate, Elon Musk will leap to become the most.
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Highly valued startup in the United States.
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As per these insiders who wished to remain anonymous.
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The company has reportedly pushing a tender offer worth an
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estimated seven hundred and fifty million dollars.
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The shares involved in this transaction are to be traded at
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over, 80 dollars each and to put things at a perspective.
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Spacex's valuation sword to 137 billion dollars earlier in
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January, following an investment injection of 750 million
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dollars. Now, according to our sources,
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The Current financial position Addition of SpaceX is robust
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with approximately 5 billion dollars in liquid assets on
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their balance sheet. And despite our efforts SpaceX
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Representatives won't available to provide a comment on these
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claims. And while the size of the tender
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offer could fluctuate, depending on the interest level, for
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prospective buyers and current Insider sellers, The Insider
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shares should significantly boost the firm's valuation.
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Now, these recent developments present in intriguing
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opportunity to observe Ever growing commercial space launch
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industry. It SpaceX is at the Forefront of
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Hawthorne, California. The headquarters of SpaceX has
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considerably shaped this space launch market over the years.
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It's emerged as the industry's top player.
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Launching payloads for both, private sector clients, and
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various government agencies, including NASA and the
25:08
Department of Defense. The company has been involved in
25:12
a myriad of operation such as transporting astronauts to the
25:15
International Space Station and also Cuting, their first private
25:19
space tourism mission for civilians now just last Friday
25:23
SpaceX further boosted that space capabilities by deploying
25:28
over 50. Starlink satellites is the
25:31
installation serve to enhance its already.
25:33
Vast consolation, which means broadband internet, coverage,
25:36
back to Earth investors and Industry analysts have been
25:39
keenly, observing the company, especially starlink speculating,
25:43
whether musk will eventually decide to spin off, starlink as
25:48
As a subsidiary, I must has previously hinted at this
25:51
possibility, indicating it would occur once the cash flow
25:54
stabilizes. According to Bloomberg, spacex's
25:58
share sale, would price the company shares around $80 to $81
26:04
aiming to secure an investment of 750 million dollars.
26:08
Overall, this news was subsequently confirmed by The
26:12
Wall Street Journal. Now SpaceX made headlines
26:15
earlier in the year when it clicks the title of the highest
26:17
u.s. valued startup. Now this accomplishment followed
26:21
to successful fundraising rounds in May and December each raising
26:24
the company's value to And 25 billion and 140 billion dollars.
26:29
Respectively, now, throughout its history, the company has
26:32
resorted to private fundraising and employees share sales as a
26:35
strategy for both raising funds and rewarding employees.
26:39
Founded in 2022, SpaceX has seen its value Skyrocket in recent
26:44
years fueled by its increased activities.
26:46
In Space. The company has fostered strong
26:49
Partnerships with NASA and various firms and has
26:52
successfully launched starlink a satellite internet service that
26:55
now Both the world's largest commercial customization of
26:58
satellites, investors have pinpointed the high profit
27:01
potential of starlink designed to improve internet access to
27:05
remote. And rural areas is a primary
27:08
driver of the company's value. And in more recent news SpaceX
27:12
made headlines when it's gargantuan Starship rocket
27:15
detonated, shortly after launch, and despite the explosion must
27:19
stated that, the launch was somewhat better than
27:21
anticipated. And during a Saturday morning,
27:24
Twitter space with Bloomberg. Is Ashley Vance musk estimated
27:28
that approximately two billion dollars has been spent on
27:30
Starship in the figure could potentially reach 3 billion by
27:33
the end of the year. He also mentioned possible
27:36
upgrades to the rocket design and launch pad, which could be
27:39
completed in about four to six weeks.
27:42
Indicating another launch might be in the cards for this year.
27:46
However, not all reaction to the April launch were positive.
27:50
Environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the FAA.
27:53
For approving the launch alleging that they Out to assess
27:56
the environmental impact of the launch and subsequent explosion
28:00
following the launch photos emerge depicting, the crater
28:02
left by the rocket on the launch pad, which many hope will be
28:06
addressed by the aforementioned upgrades.
28:08
And despite attempts to seek comment SpaceX, didn't respond
28:12
to any of our queries about this on Saturday morning and as the
28:15
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28:18
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28:20
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29:03
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29:11
communication, and operational and ground support.
29:16
So, joining me today is Neil Thorn and we're going to be
29:18
talking about what this actually means from NASA.
29:22
And what SpaceX is capable of, and How this is going to change,
29:28
space travel and space exploration forever, and how
29:33
this can actually eventually turn into a thing that SpaceX
29:36
could use for their Mars Transportation be a Starship.
29:42
How you doing today? Neal I'm doing just great.
29:44
How are you? I am doing.
29:46
Fantastic. Thank you for asking.
29:48
So the Starship going into low earth orbit, and it seems like
29:54
SpaceX and NASA are working together to use this as some
29:58
sort of Transportation Hub or some sort of space station in
30:03
the near term. And do you think that's what
30:07
they're looking at here? What we're looking at here?
30:10
No, it's a very vague sort of approach that NASA is taking
30:13
they're not saying build as a space station just saying, help
30:17
us out in low earth orbit. Yeah.
30:21
I so it's hard to say exactly what it is.
30:23
They're expecting out of this. I've thought for my ever since
30:27
the Starship became a thing that putting this huge object into
30:33
space. The Starship which one Starship
30:36
has more interior volume than the space station does right
30:38
now, but you link three or four of those together and suddenly,
30:42
you've got quite a bit of space up there to reactivities.
30:46
Yeah, it'll be an interesting next few years for the Starship
30:51
and for NASA, because eventually NASA will be the orbiting the
30:55
International Space Station. What is it?
30:57
20 30, I believe 2030 2032 or something.
31:01
So, somewhere around there, always seems to be a flexible
31:03
number. Yeah, that's it always seems
31:06
like, I think they wanted to do it in 2026 at some point.
31:09
Yeah. And then they think it's long as
31:10
it's useful though. They're going to keep it going.
31:13
But yeah, I think so too. I think as long as The taxpayers
31:17
can pay for it. And as long as yeah, the they're
31:20
seeing some returns from it. It's such an expensive thing to
31:23
run. Every day to keep six people up
31:27
there, it's just such an expense And everything in there is so
31:32
outdated. At this point, the technology is
31:35
advancing so fast. You're on Earth.
31:37
That even something, they started building six years ago
31:40
that got sent up there. Two years ago is so far beyond
31:45
the technology right now that it almost becomes irrelevant.
31:51
Yeah, and SpaceX is working currently on their starship
31:55
program. And in the next, hopefully, we
31:58
can see this in the next as Ilan, said six to eight weeks
32:01
another launch of Starship. And when that happens, we'll see
32:05
if it's actually going to be a possibility or feasibility.
32:08
This will make it to orbit. And once it does make it to
32:11
orbit these studies that SpaceX and NASA will be working
32:14
together on could become a thing.
32:16
And they have to work together to get SpaceX is Starship on to
32:20
them. One as well for Artemis 3.
32:22
So maybe this could be part of that because they need to dock
32:24
with the Space X star ship in order to get to the moon.
32:30
So as you say everything that he needs to do to help NASA here,
32:35
they have to do for the moon as well.
32:36
So it's going to be being built in sequence.
32:39
I think in parallel I should say, yeah, they're going to be
32:43
using super heavy which is the Starship program a dragon and
32:46
starlink. So the dragon will more than
32:50
likely be docking. With it.
32:51
And I think the Polaris program will be using a dragon to duck
32:55
with a Starship. I think what's going to happen
32:59
is they're going to send a Starship to orbit.
33:00
We're going to get it up there, then they're going to send the
33:02
crew of Polaris program. In a capsule Dragon capsule on a
33:08
falcon 9 in the dock with a Starship kind of mimicking.
33:11
What they're going to be doing with the Starship in the Orion
33:13
capsule. And then they're going to
33:16
they're going to go inside the Starship and do some testing and
33:21
do some science and some experimenting some engineering
33:24
and see if it's actually feasible to live in one for a
33:27
little bit and then do some more, some more testing inside
33:31
and maybe outside of the Starship.
33:34
So I think that's what they're thinking here.
33:38
I'm not 100% sure but yeah it's very vague.
33:41
It really is very vague this whole wording.
33:43
I think they kept. That way.
33:45
So I think so. So they can't be like this
33:48
Starship is going to replace the International Space Station.
33:51
Exactly. I think that would make a lot of
33:53
companies, very angry, the blue Origins, the Axiom space, all
33:59
these people would be very upset at that.
34:01
So I think you keep it vague they're going to help us out.
34:05
We're going to use their capabilities to further our
34:09
goals that. Yeah.
34:11
And maybe a goal happens to be a new space station perhaps.
34:14
The new space station. Yeah.
34:15
Maybe eventually they will. Maybe eventually they will turn
34:19
a International Space Station. Turn it away, get rid of it, and
34:23
then they'll put couple Starships together, even one
34:26
Starship, he's a hunter. There's a thousand, cubic meters
34:29
estimated, in terior volume of a Starship.
34:34
Which if built right? Can hold for Earth to Earth
34:37
transport. 100 people. According to Elon Musk more than
34:40
likely for these kind of missions, that will be something
34:43
similar to the International Space.
34:44
Station where it's about six people.
34:47
Maybe the Starship could hold a little bit more because the
34:50
space station has 915 cubic meters of internal space and
34:56
it's not that much different. It's 85 M3 different.
35:00
So you could put some more supplies in this Starship but
35:03
little yeah it's no the space in the state space station is more
35:09
compartmentalize so it's more usable space.
35:11
Yeah, than the Starship, which would be more open plan.
35:14
An but obviously much probably much better for people's psyches
35:19
as well. Yeah, I think so.
35:22
Most of the renderings we've seen have has been a tube
35:27
through the Middle with a ladder or some sort of Transport in the
35:29
Middle where you can go from section to section but it's
35:32
pretty wide open your the whole Starship and I think just people
35:37
spend a year plus on the International Space Station and
35:41
their segmented off doing their experiments.
35:43
Don't see anybody maybe all day maybe throughout the day, they
35:46
might see one or two people but if they maybe there's seven
35:51
eight people. On a Starship.
35:52
Maybe you can see all the way through the Starship while
35:54
people are working. I think that would be really
35:56
neat. I don't know if that's how it's
35:58
going to ask me to. I think it would be a much more
36:01
enjoyable atmosphere to even if you're not working with somebody
36:05
that they happen to be across the nine meter gap between you
36:08
and work on something else. And you can see them.
36:11
I think that camaraderie gets built and then again, people can
36:14
also get on your nerves. Much faster.
36:16
Yeah, that's true. So obviously, when they select
36:20
an astronaut, they Do a lot of psychological studies to make
36:23
sure they're going to live and play well with others that we
36:25
have to continue. Yeah.
36:29
And sending 100 people and Starship to any long distances
36:32
is really difficult to conceive of what are we talking 17?
36:36
16, 17 people per sort of Our ship a fool.
36:42
I can't imagine traveling. Very long distance.
36:44
Stuck in the same room, my sort of bedroom, if you will the
36:48
entire time, that would be very difficult because it wouldn't be
36:51
much room for anything else. Yeah, that's true there.
36:55
So the there's been talks of how many people could go on Mars.
37:01
Ship to a from anywhere from six people to some.
37:06
People were saying 30 people. There were some people that were
37:10
saying upwards of 100 people to Mars.
37:14
I don't think it's going to be 100 people.
37:15
I think that's ridiculous. I think that's way too many.
37:18
But I think if you have something like this, where
37:21
SpaceX and NASA, Are working together low earth orbit, they
37:24
can try different configurations for the long term, Mars
37:30
transport because you could have two star ships docked together,
37:34
what they're going to be doing with the refueling of the
37:36
tankers for the art of his missions.
37:39
Instead of a tanker you have just another Starship where
37:42
people can float between the Starships there's a port and
37:45
there could be a section where it's like a living section
37:48
whereas just your workout, you sleep, there's Maybe Some
37:53
entertainment, there's big windows and also there could be
37:56
a variant where it's just cargo where there's just a touch, like
37:59
so much food and you're going to have to bring a lot of water to
38:02
Mars, or even to low earth orbit.
38:05
So sure there's a possibility that's what they're going to be
38:08
working on as well. It is going to take wish you
38:12
were to happen really fast but space transport, space,
38:15
technology, engineering and science.
38:18
All take a long time. So what they're building now,
38:21
maybe 50 years from now, Now, we'll see the ultimate gain of
38:26
we're going to be taking normal trips to Mars.
38:29
That there's going to be this numerous trips per year to get
38:33
to Mars and I believe the next the closest that Mars is going
38:38
to be to Earth is going to be 20 24.
38:41
So maybe if Starship gets to orbit this year and then maybe
38:47
next year, who knows maybe they're going to start trying to
38:51
get to Mars Just Shoot a Starship.
38:54
Yeah. Shoot a Starship without any
38:56
intention of Landing it. Yeah.
38:58
And just try to get into Mars orbit, or at least use the orbit
39:02
slow you down so you could land if you wanted to.
39:04
Yep. Obviously, that's the hardest
39:06
part about any trip to Mars is making sure you hit the right
39:09
spot so you don't burn up in the atmosphere or get slingshotted
39:13
out into space bounce off the atmosphere, so it's very
39:17
difficult to do and that's where the majority of things being
39:22
shot. Shot at Mars fail.
39:24
So it's they're going to have practice that for sure.
39:28
Yeah. Right now they're practicing
39:29
getting thing to orbit around Earth, which is comparatively
39:33
way easier. So it's going to take some time
39:37
and some, yeah, who knows? Who knows.
39:41
We'll see what happens at the next star.
39:43
Ship launched to see whether they actually get to orbit and
39:46
there's no complications and destroy the pad.
39:48
And if that all goes to plan, then yeah, I could potentially
39:53
see them trying to stretch themselves.
39:55
Obviously SpaceX is iterative design company and they're not
40:00
afraid to say. Okay, we did it.
40:02
Let's move on ship 15 was the first one to land.
40:05
They didn't They're trying to land another one, they said,
40:08
good let's move on. Yeah, I can see them getting to
40:12
orbit and saying, good, let's move on I can see that too.
40:16
Yeah, and saying okay we made the orbit.
40:19
Now we need a tanker up there. Let's do that.
40:21
Okay, now that's done. We don't need to do it a hundred
40:23
times before they put people in this Starship.
40:26
They'll have to do it a hundred times, but if they're just doing
40:29
test, they're going to be happy with what they got and move on
40:32
to the next challenge. Yeah.
40:34
And even between the first launched in this next launch,
40:37
it's coming up, they switched, I think it, I think Ilan said,
40:41
hundreds of things, maybe a thousand things.
40:45
Like that between the last Starship and a super heavy.
40:48
And the next one that's going up.
40:50
And one of the most important things is that it going to be
40:53
doing hot staging between the booster in the ship, which is on
40:58
a sold on that just yet but we'll see how it goes.
41:01
Yeah, that seems like an incredible feat.
41:03
I don't see that. A lot of Russian spacecraft have
41:06
done that in the past, and it seems to be pretty pretty
41:09
well-documented, but I think SpaceX could pull it off.
41:12
I don't know if it's going to work this time.
41:14
It's the first Trial and error. Exactly, right.
41:16
This is all trial. This is all to be done to be
41:19
determined that I have to. They'll figure it out.
41:22
It's not impossible to just a matter of figuring out how to
41:25
make their current build sustain that sort of blast as as they
41:32
separate. Yeah, I've said, I'll need some
41:36
way to exhaust the flame as it comes out.
41:38
But also the top the Dome of the the booster is going to be have
41:43
to withstand the all those agenda lighting as well.
41:47
Yeah, I don't understand how they're going to do it.
41:49
I don't really understand that technology that much but it
41:52
seems like they have to reinforce like it's a stainless
41:55
steel Dome on this thing so they have to reinforcing something.
41:59
Yes. Yeah, it's not a thick stainless
42:01
steel either. If they want to reuse these 100
42:05
times. Yeah, so the really can't be any
42:08
damage from this separation for this to be successful.
42:11
I can't be any damage. It has to be 100% perfect if it
42:15
starts to wear away from the Heat or there's any damage
42:19
whatsoever, then it's unsuccessful.
42:20
It's not going to be a long-term solution to fix it.
42:24
So do you think this could be something like a for lack of a
42:26
better term of Puck that they put on top of the booster?
42:29
And they could replace it if needed.
42:31
So it's not going to be a might not be one. 100% reusable right
42:35
away but they could just use it. It's just for that one time.
42:39
And then the next hamster is going to have a different pocket
42:42
on it and it could do something like the heat tiles.
42:45
Yeah they've got on the outside of the ship.
42:47
They could plaster those over the top of the booster and use
42:50
those as an abrading. Replaceable part.
42:56
You have it, but it would take some time to inspect those every
42:59
time that it lands. Yeah, that's true.
43:02
It's similar to the Space Shuttle.
43:04
So yeah, I think the I think we're going to see some wild
43:08
stuff in this next Lodge but yeah the NASA and SpaceX
43:13
collaboration here. With this space station is going
43:15
to be a huge thing. In the funny thing is NASA is a
43:19
government agency, and for forever.
43:23
They've been using taxpayers money to do things like this,
43:25
experiments like this, and fill McAllister, the director of
43:29
commercial space flight at NASA. Uh said it is great to see
43:33
companies invest their own Capital toward Innovative
43:35
commercial space capabilities. We've seen how these types of
43:38
Partnerships benefit both the private sector and NASA.
43:42
So basically they're saying hey all of you companies out here,
43:47
blue, origin, Northrop, Grumman, Sierra space SpaceX, special
43:50
Aerospace Services, think orbital and fast space.
43:54
You spend your money, you figure this out and then we're going to
43:57
partner with you to use your technology in the future.
44:00
We're going to pay for it. But you have to figure it out,
44:02
like, you're going to have to have a minimum viable product,
44:05
MVP. So we can use it for our own
44:08
services for the future, whether that's a space station with
44:11
SpaceX or if they're going to be using it.
44:13
Of course, for hls and further missions but it's different than
44:19
what it used to be for the longest time.
44:21
It's very different. Absolutely and it's really as a
44:24
great solution NASA puts so much money and effort into developing
44:30
things like SOS and everything that came before it space
44:33
shuttle and what not to have commercial companies, do all
44:38
that research development and testing and then just pay them a
44:43
bunch of money at the end ordering it as a sort of seed
44:47
money. It's just so much easier for
44:49
everybody as far as the government is concerned and a
44:54
lot less risk as well. Yeah, and then your hand off
44:58
that risk to private companies. Absolutely.
45:01
It leaves so much more so much more room for NASA to play
45:06
around with different ideas to. They don't have to stick with
45:08
one thing, like the SLS. They're stuck with the SLS.
45:11
They can't really diverge from that.
45:13
And say, we're going to stop doing that.
45:15
Because Starship works. Now, they have a contract, there
45:19
are going to be building these SLS rockets for the foreseeable
45:21
future and what Starship surpasses the SLS and
45:26
technology. And And wait to orbit ratio to
45:30
weight ratio to orbit, but they don't care because they have
45:33
these contracts in place with Boeing and other companies.
45:36
Northrop, Grumman Etc to build these SLS rockets and they can't
45:41
change it. You know what I really like
45:43
about the Condors commercial Partnerships is that someone
45:48
would like SpaceX is going to pay for their materials.
45:53
What they should be paying as opposed.
45:54
What? NASA pays for materials.
45:56
A screw NASA's paying for a screw might cost them, a hundred
45:59
dollars of screw because the companies that are selling them
46:02
that screw know that they can get away with it.
46:05
Whereas SpaceX is saying we're not paying that will build a
46:08
machine and make these for a dime apiece.
46:11
If that's what you're going to bother charging us, it's a much
46:13
more efficient from an economic standpoint, to have the
46:19
commercial Partners, take care of all the stuff because they're
46:21
not going to get overcharged the way NASA has traditionally been
46:25
overcharged. Yeah, I think that's an
46:28
important step forward for NASA, and a important step forward for
46:30
these companies. Because not only do they get
46:33
money for these initial projects but they can add things onto it
46:37
eventually. So, SpaceX could say okay we
46:39
have this Starship. We have a crew Starship but we
46:42
can also make a space station Starship.
46:45
Would you be interested in this space station NASA could be like
46:49
yeah, we like that idea. That's a great idea.
46:52
We're going to give you the money for it even if it's just a
46:55
concept right now. But And SpaceX brought it to
46:58
them in a capability in the capacity of like a commercial
47:03
project, then they're going to paint like SpaceX is going to
47:06
pay for it and then NASA will pay them whatever SpaceX wants
47:11
to charge them. So for sure, I think it's going
47:14
to be a huge boost to the low earth orbit economy but also the
47:19
economy of these space exploration as well.
47:22
Yeah, and keep in mind, as well as SpaceX has never had any
47:26
interest in space stations. Well, yeah, a little bit beyond
47:29
Starling. So this that would be a change
47:33
of tune and would have to come with a obviously, a big check
47:35
behind it them to do something like that or they see some
47:38
benefit in having a station in orbit and they're willing to
47:41
work with NASA to get one does, is it a good starting off point
47:45
for a mission to Mars or something like that?
47:48
To have all the tankers take, all their fuel there and then
47:51
you dr. Ship.
47:52
They're in lingerie from there. They have to determine whether
47:55
that makes sense or not. Yeah, I guess the tankers in
47:59
space, will eventually resemble or serve the same purpose as
48:04
that space station right? Just having a ship in space.
48:07
That's gets refueled to refuel another space ship.
48:12
That's a space station right there.
48:15
Yeah. Very basic one.
48:16
Yeah. - the people yeah. But yeah.
48:19
I also think that if SpaceX does make some sort of space station
48:24
out of the Starship, they can charge rent to NASA.
48:26
And that could be recurring income for SpaceX.
48:29
If they can see the ROI on a Starship that's in orbit and
48:33
they can make x amount of dollars per year from it to
48:36
continue development of better, Starships.
48:39
Mars Starships, ground systems infrastructure, whatever.
48:43
If it's going to pay for part of the development of these new
48:46
systems or even starlink, then that might be something that you
48:50
would be interested in. Is it seems?
48:52
I wouldn't say free money because they still have to have
48:54
people manning the Eames and fixing up the ships and stuff as
48:59
time goes by. But once the, once the ships are
49:03
decommissioned, they could, in theory outfit, the ships with I
49:10
don't know, like I wouldn't, I don't want to say plug and play,
49:12
but it could be a very compartmentalized systems that
49:15
they could take out of one Starship and put into a newer
49:18
Starship. And it could be really easy to
49:21
transfer those things because the docking mechanism is for the
49:24
hls Starship. It's pretty big if you think
49:28
about not the docking, the elevator systems is pretty big,
49:32
so maybe that could be as part of the docking system, it could
49:35
be big enough that they could transfer a people and be
49:38
supplies from one Starship to So decommission one, take it back
49:43
down to earth refurb, it do whatever you got to do and then
49:47
upgrade your Starship to a new one.
49:48
And it seems like you could have a, you can have a space station
49:51
forever in that case, for sure, the beauty of Starship has from
49:56
day one has been its cost. Effectiveness, it's extremely
50:00
relatively extremely cheap to make.
50:03
And two, they could put up another one on a moment's notice
50:07
at some point, right? Replace a part that of a ship
50:10
that is malfunctioning can bring it back down.
50:12
What? Not as you say before, there's a
50:14
lot of other companies that are involved in this partnership
50:18
with NASA. So it's SpaceX is just one part
50:20
of that. There's all kinds of ship of
50:22
companies that would be doing similar things with them and for
50:25
them Yeah, blue origin, the project.
50:29
The blue origin is going to be used for this.
50:31
NASA Liberation is integrated commercial space Transportation
50:35
capability than ensure safe, affordable and high frequency
50:37
u.s. access to orbit for crew and other missions.
50:41
That just does that mean that they're going to be using a
50:44
rocket to get to low earth. Orbit the commercial space.
50:48
Transportation is the taxi as sounds like it.
50:50
Yeah. Or at least one of the taxis.
50:52
Yeah, sure. And nothing.
50:55
It really says, nothing else. It says other missions, whatever
50:58
that means, but it doesn't really give them anything else.
51:01
There's no other harder piece of this future, NASA space that
51:06
they get out of this. You're ferrying people back and
51:10
forth. Yeah, Sierra space.
51:12
It is looks similarly, to develop Sierra's got Sierra gets
51:16
the in space superstructure as well.
51:19
They're actually primed for that next Generation space station.
51:24
So they get the space transportation in spaced
51:27
infrastructure and tailored space facilities to provide a
51:31
human or a presence in orbit. They are really the space
51:34
station. Provided that they can meet all
51:38
of their deadlines and what I'm be honest at that.
51:40
Point SpaceX, seems like they're in the wings.
51:43
I'm Casey are can't provide what they need and they could work
51:46
together. This is collaborative, efforts,
51:48
SSO. Anyone has everything that goes
51:51
up into space, needs to work with together.
51:53
Yeah, Universal locks and Universal.
51:55
Listen Universal that you can't have anything that is
51:58
proprietary. When you talk about NASA and
52:00
space, it's all got to work together.
52:05
Yeah, so one that's very interesting is vast and this is
52:09
some cool wording collaborating with NASA and Technologies and
52:12
operations required for its microgravity and artificial
52:16
gravity stations includes the Haven one, which will provide a
52:19
microgravity environment for career research, and in space
52:22
manufacturing, the first crewed mission called vast 12.
52:25
The platform development activities.
52:27
First, larger space station modules will also take place out
52:29
of the space act agreement. So artificial gravity stations T
52:35
sci-fi, if you ask me, that's very sci-fi, that's rotating
52:39
stations for sure. Yeah.
52:40
And that'll take it would be able 30 years.
52:42
Yeah, it'll be cool. They're going to have to, I
52:45
think what they'll do is they'll set up a smaller.
52:49
Version of we can have to incrementally, send up, smaller,
52:52
medium, large, Etc, anti-gravity, artificial not
52:57
anti, but artificial gravity stations.
52:59
Anti-gravity would be wild but artificial gravity, station
53:03
proof of concept is was one of the first things, right?
53:05
You got to get up there and prove that it's going to work
53:07
in. It's going to be able to be
53:08
stable and and what do people how do people react in that
53:12
situation? We don't actually know.
53:14
I we can guess based on experience that we've done on
53:17
Earth was spinning people around.
53:18
Circle. But how long term effects of
53:22
somebody being spun and just observing around them, right?
53:27
This part of the station is spinning slower than that, part
53:29
of the station, and it's all curved.
53:31
And how does that affect somebody?
53:33
Yeah, curious to see. Yeah.
53:36
And they're going to be a go ahead go.
53:37
No please, alright, believe they're going to be using
53:40
Starship as a transportation system.
53:42
For the vast one as well for the Haven one.
53:45
So to get it up there. Yeah.
53:47
Yes. They're going to be using, I
53:49
believe this Falcon 9. Yeah.
53:52
So they can be doing the Haven one on the Falcon 9 in, then I
53:55
can be using the Starship eventually to.
53:57
So it's pretty cool there already.
54:00
I'll get be collaborating with each other and also NASA.
54:02
So going to be it's good. That's going to happen in 20 25.
54:05
5. So yeah.
54:07
August 20, 25. Apparently that's going to be
54:11
pretty soon. Yeah, couple years from now.
54:15
Yeah. And the other ones we haven't
54:17
talked about are the ones that kind of interest me quite a bit
54:20
Northrop, Grumman and space Aerospace Services.
54:23
Special are Pacers Aerospace services and think orbital our
54:27
old on the robotic side of things.
54:29
That's getting things up there to build stations and to
54:32
manufacture things and not put people.
54:35
One danger of getting lost in space or being subject to being
54:39
out in space with the radiation whatnot.
54:41
So it's I'd like that side of it as well.
54:44
Curious, just see how that develops.
54:48
So that the Northrop Grumman the persistent platform to ride
54:52
autonomous and robotic capabilities for commercial
54:55
science research and Manufacturing capabilities and
54:58
low earth orbit, the manufacturing capabilities part
55:00
of that is pretty cool. I'm interested to see what they
55:03
do if they're going to 3D print things or if they're going to be
55:07
doing this, take parts from Earth like to say, beams and
55:11
trusses and pieces and then put them together robotically.
55:16
I don't know what the actual Is they don't have any more
55:18
information about it but it seems like that would be
55:21
something that they could do up there as many manufacture parts
55:24
of a station or parts of something with robot.
55:27
Yeah, that's the dream. We always see, right?
55:29
We always see in the future of the Sci-Fi things are being
55:31
built right in space. You've got your sort of space
55:34
dock where the ship is being built in place up and space
55:38
around in Earth's orbit and that would be cool to see something.
55:41
I was when I was a kid, I was really fascinated by space
55:44
welding. We put two pieces of Steel
55:47
together that are perfectly flat and as soon as they go together,
55:52
there's nothing stopping them from joining.
55:54
So it's a weld that just happens because there the molecules just
55:58
passed from one piece of metal to the other.
56:00
Oh wow, there's nothing stopping them.
56:02
There's no there's no Oxygen. There's nothing in the way.
56:05
These molecules just passing from one piece to the next and
56:08
it joins pretty cool. Like might have that wrong.
56:10
It's been a long time since I looked into that, but that was
56:13
one thing when I was a kid. Be cool.
56:16
That would be wild. That would open up so many, so
56:19
many doors to stations and architecture and space.
56:24
That's cool. That's really cool.
56:25
I never, I need even know about that space welding after look
56:28
into that. That's cool.
56:29
I'm going to look it up again to I could be totally wrong via
56:32
completely ridiculed but that's okay.
56:35
Leave a kid, leave it in the comments people.
56:40
Yeah, I think we've touched on everything here.
56:42
Is there any? Are there any other companies
56:44
you'd like to? Talk about Santos, we talked
56:46
about Sierra space but you didn't get to talk about special
56:49
Aerospace Services much, but they all do the same kind of
56:52
thing. Special airspace Services is
56:54
taught is looking at autonomous maneuvering units, astronaut
56:57
assistance units. So it's all servicing the
57:00
station outside helping astronauts as well as perhaps
57:04
doing autonomous work as well to keep things running.
57:07
Keep it serviced. If somebody drops a hammer, this
57:10
thing can go and get it rather than astronaut having to risk
57:13
something or it. Being one more piece of space
57:16
junk maybe they're out there collecting that stuff as well.
57:18
That would be really cool to see ya and then think orbital
57:23
similar to just another piece of a space station but they do the
57:27
orbital platforms and research manufacturing astronaut missions
57:32
that sort of thing. So it's building stuff in space.
57:35
Building more things on there. So there's the, the autonomous
57:40
Builders if you will, this is really cool to see and it'll be
57:45
interesting to see how these all work together as well.
57:48
Can they can blue origin and SpaceX sit down in the same room
57:51
and figure out the best way to move Humanity forward.
57:55
Wouldn't that be nice? That would be really cool.
57:58
I think all of these companies working together, building
58:00
platforms, and building stations, and sending things,
58:04
they're going to be working together in buying trips to
58:07
space. From different company, blue
58:09
origin, or through SpaceX or through Sierra space.
58:13
If they need to send something up, there they're going to be
58:16
working together to send part of their scent.
58:19
Part of their space station are part of part of their platforms
58:23
up there. So it'll be an interesting time
58:26
for all of these companies to work together and also to work
58:30
with NASA, and they're going to be using NASA's technology.
58:33
They're going to be using NASA's capabilities to innovate in
58:36
space and All of the stuff that NASA has learned throughout
58:41
their time with the International Space Station, and
58:43
through their time with the Apollo programs and the space
58:46
shuttle, all of that, all of these companies can use that to
58:50
better their platforms to. So it's going to be really cool.
58:54
Very exciting. Yeah, I hope that's the next 20
58:56
or 30 years is going to be very interesting space field and
59:00
hopefully Humanity still around. So, take advantage of it.
59:03
Yeah, I think we will be. I think there's we're not going
59:06
to stop. I think this is going to be a
59:07
really cool. Interesting time.
59:09
This is the stuff that I dreamed of when I was a kid like, for
59:12
sure like this it's finally coming true that we're going to
59:15
people are going to start building their own space
59:18
stations, that companies are going to start building their
59:19
own private space stations, who knows eventually will be The
59:24
point where there's going to be a private mission to another
59:27
star system like Prometheus or something like that, show the
59:31
movie Prometheus except maybe they won't be bringing DNA down
59:34
to earth, and dumping it into a river.
59:36
Be a little bit different, but it's going to it's going to be
59:40
wild in the next 20. 30 years. What happens up there because
59:44
not only is it spacex's all these other companies that want
59:46
to make money and they get they make billions of dollars per
59:50
year from NASA and also from each other.
59:51
So it's going to be cool. Can't wait to see it happen.
59:55
Yes, I'm here. Thanks Neil, that's it for
59:57
today. Everybody.
59:59
I appreciate you stopping by any parting words.
1:00:02
Neil. Before we go none at all.
1:00:05
Thank you very much for having me on here.
1:00:06
Well yeah, of course, anytime. All right that's it everybody
1:00:11
take care of yourselves and each other and I will see you in the
1:00:14
next one. Before we go none at all.
1:00:05
Thank you very much for having me on here.
1:00:06
Well yeah, of course, anytime. All right that's it everybody
1:00:11
take care of yourselves and each other and I will see you in the
1:00:14
next one.