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@_MaxQ_ @NASASpaceflight Resistance is futile...

SpaceX's Gigabay in Florida is coming along pretty well, ain't it? 😉 📸 - @NASASpaceflight

He's hedging against the Osborne effect. All contracted supply of AI4 still needs to be consumed in vehicles. Robotaxis will be first vehicles to use ai5 but they'll likely run the ai4 model until enough data can be collected to train a new model optimized for ai5. My guess is robotaxi will use ai4 until there's low supply of those chips or a surplus of ai5 being produced. Supply chain problems are hard.

@elonmusk @teslaownersSV @TaiwanSemi_TSC @Samsung Interesting. Just a month ago, Elon was stating that AI5 will go into Robotaxis. x.com/i/status/20344… Sounds like during the past 25 days, Elon's confidence over the FSD software stack capability has dramatically increased.

Congrats to the @Tesla_AI chip design team on taping out AI5! AI6, Dojo3 & other exciting chips in work.

There's risk in this. A trajectory aiming for a shallow dip into the atmosphere to gently slow velocity would inherently create low margin control risk of a skip and slingshot into void of space. A more aggressive angle drastically increases peak heating but guarantees low variable free return trajectory, perhaps even under no/little power.

Im thinking more of a low density solution. Imagine skipping a stone across a pond rather than just dropping it. If you were to skim the upper atmosphere you can take advantage of drag while generating less heat, and allowing the lower temps to help keep you cool. That would certainly cut down on the thrust requirements.

Not an expert so I can't really comment on this. But hopefully NASA will soon. nasa.gov/image-detail/d…

@CSI_Starbase @StarshipV3 There's propaganda on both sides of everything. Please evenly distribute BS meter resources.

Will be interesting to see if we actually agree to leave the Middle East entirely, reimburse everything that Iran lost over the last 20 something years of sanctions, tax payer funded reconstruction of industrial infrastructure, and allow them to impose a permanent toll on every vessel transiting the strait. It’s certainly one of the few available off ramps, but it does come at an incredibly steep cost.

535 members of Congress are failing the country, and the entire world at the same time. Hard to believe this is even possible.

@nicknasty40 @Teslaconomics

@Teslaconomics Yes but please not like that. That thing is ugly! More like this

A man can dream of a 3 rowed Tesla CyberSUV

@CSI_Starbase @Teslarati Yes - but the price of electricity is a 2nd order affect that is delayed, and therefore less emotionally associated with the price of oil. Additionally, many times it's tied to a predictable contracted price and less impacted by flippant, unexpected volatility.

@Teslarati Genuine question, isn’t charging your car still subject to increased energy costs ?

When people complain about gas prices, I always laugh because there’s a really simple fix. Buy a Tesla.

"add more Lidar" they said "It's a sensor problem" they said

@SiliconNeuron @Erdayastronaut Baby Raptor turbo pumps :-)

@Erdayastronaut Whats that smoke from?...is it powered by diesel generator or something?

That looks wild!!!! Getting closer to seeing a launch from here!

@timdemeijer @ThreeDeDaniel @CSI_Starbase CH4 production will be the most interesting thing to see... I don't think they're planning on a gas well. I predict It will be a Mars fuel production trial run...(From air & water)

@ThreeDeDaniel @CSI_Starbase GSE. More prop storage tanks, water storage, separate CH4 storage, CH4 liquefier system, separate pad 1 prop pump farm, pad 1 deluge farm, all the stuff that they need to ramp cadence. It's all layout out in their proposals.

Looks like its about to go down. It's going to take a massive amount of work to stabilize this area for construction

Good point, but competition won't take hold until demand begins to be satiated. The standing "theory" seems to be that current demand is at least an order of magnitude greater than the ability to supply services. Bakers don't really compete on quality when there's too many people that want cake... and actually quality tends to suffer under such conditions. ☹️

@mwc82 @Erdayastronaut @WG_Mojo 4) competition means that it can be a roaring success and still not make enough money to remotely justify spending/valuations.

I just hope if (when?) the AI bubble bursts all the space computing is still of value. I suppose if you can make space compute cheaper than ground based, then it's a competitive advantage even if AI doesn't "pan out" so to speak.

@MassiBuilds @AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut Vast network of laser based links (actually faster than fiber) might make this possible, and it's something they are already doing with starlink.

@mwc82 @AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut My understanding is for training the chips need to be linked. 1mil satelites will not be linked

@MassiBuilds @AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut Oops...meant 10A-15A (1.0-1.5nm)

@MassiBuilds @AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut Why can't you train in space? I think the theory is that next gen CPU (faster/denser/more power efficient) make it possible to scale the spaced based solution. These 10-15nm (or smaller) chips don't exist yet though....

@neuralamp4ever @AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut Locally run Inference would be very beneficial, but it doesn't matter where the model is created/trained/optimized.

@AJamesMcCarthy @Erdayastronaut The robot's intelligence must be on-device, not remote, for the robot to be able to function in real time.

What would make the AI investment trend "poppable" (a bubble) is anything that restricts the ability for the massive amount of investments made to actually create sufficient returns, which would need to happen before debt comes due. Main limiting factors I see are: 1) Our ability to build out energy infrastructure quickly enough to power the massive AI infrastructure being built. 2) People's tolerance for inflated energy prices and strained resources while the energy production buildout is occurring/gaining speed. 3)Speed of AI adoption needed to actually generate revenue once online. Any of these things can slow progress enough to "pop" the massive investment. Space based data center are an attempt to bypass the first 2.. ...but they require next gen cpus which don't exist yet...( Enter the need to build a chip fab....😵‍💫)

@WG_Mojo I don't doubt the core technology of AI is in our lives from here on out, but when AI tech accounts for a third of the US market value... and with everyone passing that NVIDIA buck around, something feels bound to burst.

@johnkrausphotos @NASAAdmin Simply amazing. Congrats John! The converging paths that led you here to this opportunity make for quite an amazing story! Your hard work is enjoyed by many!

I’m humbled and energized to bring my passion for photography and storytelling to NASA and work under @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman as Special Communications Assistant to the Administrator. With my focus now fully on working alongside the best and brightest at NASA, my independent media coverage and for-hire work comes to an end. Thank you all for following along over the years! Be sure to follow NASA’s channels to see great content from across the agency. I have deep respect for NASA’s communicators and creatives, individuals whose work I’ve followed and admired for a long time. I’m profoundly grateful for the opportunity to work with them to help continue sharing NASA’s story with the widest audience possible and inspiring the next generation to look up to the stars. Under Administrator Isaacman’s leadership, we will do just that. John Kraus Special Communications Assistant to the Administrator NASA

Confirmed in parts catalog using vin that early 2024 model y AWD has the same PCS (power conversion system) model number as all non-performance Juniper vehicles made up until now. Tesla has not shared the parts manual for the new Juniper Performance yet, but once they do we can confirm if the part# for the PCS is the same: 1135558-54-A imgur.com/a/CxxEjpr

@RyvenDriving @SawyerMerritt Not a hope, requires inverters in the battery management system. The space was always there for them, but they weren't installed. I'm sure they'll think about it in future depending on how much these ones are used.

New Model Y Performance Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) 😎 Provides up to 2.4kW of power (120V at 20A) from two household outlets.

@ChriGibs @FelixSchlang @redlineheli @Jordanguidry6 Well... even a broken clock is right 2x a day...🤷

@mwc82 @FelixSchlang @redlineheli @Jordanguidry6 I was told on good authority that the raptors were not installed yet. I call BS.

Aftermath of the Booster 18 test anomaly at Massey's test site. More photos coming soon. Thank you to @redlineheli for getting us airborne this morning! 📸: @Jordanguidry6

@GaryleeGray @FelixSchlang @redlineheli @Jordanguidry6 Why ur dolphin broken?

@mwc82 @FelixSchlang @redlineheli @Jordanguidry6 Can I pet that dawg?