Devnull Elixir ✝️ 🇺🇲

Did I say he gets paid by SpaceX? No. You're interpretation is largely naive so let me try to help you understand better. Isaacman's company Shift4, in which he personally owns roughly a 30% stake of, purchased $27.5 million worth of SpaceX shares in 2021. Shift4 has a partnership with Starlink worth millions annually. So you see, SpaceX doesn't pay him directly, he has vested financial interests in SpaceX. Isaacman also refused multiple times under oath to answer whether Musk was present at the Mar-a-Lago meeting where Trump offered him the NASA job, as if that isn't eye raising alone. And no, I'm not a hater. I like a lot of what SpaceX does because I'm am a space enthusiast. But I will point out the facts when I see them. This level of politics and strategic monoplization are exactly the kind of things that have been plagueing the manned space missions for decades and I hate it, so I'm going to call it out where I see it.

@InfographicTony So you're proposing to use the Artemis 3 SLS to only benefit Starship.. No.

I have started work on my Artemis III infographic. While working on the models, I had this side thought. Instead of potentially rushing to have an orbital test HLS Starship ready for Artemis III (obviously it will not need to be a fully functional lander), which will be disposed of after the mission, why not refit a current Block 3 with a forward pressure section and docking port. By then, you would think SpaceX will have performed several Starship catches, it’s a perfect opportunity to test its docking ability and add another catch test, no wasted components. What are your thoughts, do you think that this is something they have considered?

@Taescer @NASAAdmin @NASAKennedy @blueorigin @JeffBezos @davill In principle, Block 1B EUS with ~40 ton TLI capability can support it but no specialized lander exists for it currently. A separate cargo launch on a 1B has more than enough room and TLI tonnage for landers like Blue Moon.

@DevnullElixir_ @NASAAdmin @NASAKennedy @blueorigin @JeffBezos @davill No way SLS has the capacity to lift anything like a lander to the Moon along with Orion. In fact, Orion can’t even get to low-lunar orbit. We have to send the lander separately. But in that lies the opportunity for MUCh higher landed mass.

We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy. Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead. There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems. We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes. @NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible. America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸

Atlas V has yet to explode

@ApoStructura This pissing contest is tiresome..

There’s now a serious chance that China beats the U.S. to the moon. It’s all on SpaceX now (maybe it always has been)

@thunderf00t Building rockets to do the things we make them do is obviously incredibly difficult but I agree that this celebration of "that's just fast innovation" needs to stop. Mistakes were made and there were consequences. It's the same for all companies. There's nothing more to it.

pretty sure if i criticize this there will be a massive chorus of spacex fans telling me 'its just an aggressive test program! If you are not blowing something up you are jsut not innovating fast enough.... etc etc

@Todd_Spence Billionaires are so consumed with themselves, it's awful.

That time William Shatner was emotional explaining how it felt to take his first flight into outer space and Jeff Bezos cut him off to spray champagne. Like a scene straight out of The Office

@Alaygroundss Bring that booty back

Dual launch architecture we need you...

@terminallyOL Well those of us who live out here are used to the night sky glowing orange considering there's a launch practically every week here.

something about this guy delivering the order and not giving a shit about the artificial sun rising and falling behind him just feels profound and kind of sad

BREAKING: President Trump sends BOLD message to crypto holders in America. “Trump will never let crypto down!”

@KobeissiLetter Useless words.

BREAKING: President Trump releases a statement on crypto. “Trump will never let crypto down,” he says.

@AshCrypto A bunch of meaningless words. Who cares.

🇺🇸 PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED: He will not let other countries replace the US as the Bitcoin and crypto “CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.” "We won't let that happen. It is a major industry, and we must protect it."

@bennyjohnson Benny, you're a fuckin joke now. What a shame.

Normal HHS Secretary: Attends meetings. Reviews policy. Gives press briefings. RFK Jr: Grabs two venomous snakes off Dr. Oz's patio with his bare hands while his wife screams at him. Gets bitten multiple times. Keeps going. We are so back 🤣

Promoting political violence to your tens of thousands of followers is not free speech. It's inciting violence. It's no different than verbalizing a physical threat towards someone. He has the right to promote communism and liberal ideology all he wants but he does not have the right to say or imply others should assassinate his political opponents.

“They’re coming after your boy.” Hasan Piker is lashing out after federal officials subpoenaed him as part of an investigation tied to recent activist trips to communist Cuba. During a Twitch livestream, the left-wing political influencer claimed the probe is an “intimidation tactic” aimed at him for criticizing Israel and the United States, describing himself as a “loudmouth” and “rabble-rouser.” Fox News Digital previously reported that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is seeking documents tied to the financial, logistical, and communications details surrounding March trips to Cuba.

@ToughSf What does it matter? It's just a concept. Not an actual design.

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While parking a spaceship around Neptune is a fantastic idea, I don't think solar panels copied from the ISS are going to do much good out there! #space #art by Benjee10 deviantart.com/benjee10/art/A…

@BitcoinTeacher_ Ignore the charts. Real men stay locked in.

At a point you have to laugh at Bitcoin. wtf is going on behind the scenes🤣 these daily charts keep getting weirder.

@Orbital_Perigee I can't decide if it is more amusing or sad that people have so much time to argue over shit they have zero involvement in.

Is everyone just mentally incompetent? Can people not figure out how a fucking test program works? Can you not think for half a goddamn second anymore????????????

🇺🇸 PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SAID!! Any Iran deal will be a good one, not like Obama's. It's not fully negotiated yet, so ignore the critics.

@Jack_Lewan_ @AshCrypto Yeah, like a bunch of Somalis making millions of dollars off our tax dollars. That's a great return.

This is not strictly true. It all depends on what you get in return for the taxes you pay. Where I live taxation is very high, but I NEVER have to PAY for a hospital bill, my son is going to University for FREE. Just to name a couple of things. So, the question should never be "Should I pay taxes?", it should only ever be "What do I get in return for paying my taxes?". 🙌💖

The biggest scam in life: You pay taxes on the money you earn. You pay taxes on the money you spend. You pay taxes on everything you own. Work 40 years… and half of it goes to the government. That’s 20 years of free labor. High taxation is theft.