Actually the Starlink division itself is profitable.
The unprofitable part is Twitter and xAI which got merged in right before the IPO.
SpaceX was actually on the path to being quite profitable, but then Musk tried to hide his two biggest money sinks inside it.
Many portable batteries (i.e. campsite batteries) have a UPS mode and can be used that way. Much more expensive though.
That’s not the jackpot prize
On one hand, Musk.
On the other hand… Telecos.
You can either give billions more to the world’s richest asshole, or you can give billions to companies that already received that money last time and did absolutely fuckall with it.
Lose-lose
Well someone’s gotta pay for that small country’s worth of wasted electricity
The “rich city” in my area constantly vote against improving public transit. They don’t want “the poors” to be able to get there easily. Never mind that they have a shopping mall that obviously pays minimum wage jobs…
Nah, how about we just keep buying bigger vehicles? As long as my car is bigger than the other guy’s, I’m safe!
Half the military and technology assets that won’t ever actually be used to help NATO under Trump.
He’ll veto every action that goes against Russia… Which is what NATO was originally formed to do…
Honestly I don’t think it’s really due to Elon hate. Sure people might not like him there much but it’s not nearly as intense as the left/right divide in the US.
The real reason is that in Europe they aren’t banning Chinese cars outright, so they have to compete against Chinese cars that are amazingly advanced for the price.
Anyways I’m sure Tesla’s plan to drop the $25000 model is working out just fine.
These cars are passing EU safety tests which are generally more demanding than the USA.
They are definitely getting good, fast.
…for now
Do immigrants even like other immigrants? They’re basically competition
It’s less that people are putting faith in Elon (sure, some fanatics might be), but it’s that everyone else is somehow even worse.
SpaceX is actually getting stuff to space, despite their prototypes blowing up. Hell, even if this Starship thing is a complete failure and never works, their existing rocket, the Falcon, is still far beyond any of the competition.
The SLS: $10 Billion and a decade late to develop a ship that recycles old Space shuttle parts, then costs $2-3 Billion per launch, and maybe can only launch one every 2 years.
ULA Vulcan: currently years late, still finding problems, and even after all that gets worked out, it can maybe do 6 launches a year?
SpaceX: 1-2 launches per week.
That’s not faith, that’s just facts. I would absolutely love to have somebody else step up and take SpaceX’s crown, but… there really isn’t anybody. Bezos’s Blue Origin may have the biggest chance, but they are more likely to act like ULA than SpaceX.
It’s less the issue of opening the door, and more the problem of having a fucking nutjob running around inside your plane
Safety standards? Sounds like anti-profit standards! Guess who DOGE is cutting next!
No no, no attack on Canada. Just military exercises at the border
Because they present amazing value (at Chinese prices) and really advanced battery technology.
I N P U T L A G
There were some actual torpedoes that used miles-long wire to control
This isn’t seeing into the future. This is just taking a look at the present.
Present #1: AI datacenters cost a fuck ton
Present #2: No customer is willing to pay the costs of AI unless they sell at a loss