Jim
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I love space and hate Nazis
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That's a bold public relations strategy Cotton
Let's see if it pays off for them
Let's see if it pays off for them
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That's a bold public relations strategy Cotton
Let's see if it pays off for them
Let's see if it pays off for them
Eh, there's only so much they can raise (legally) without disclosing it.
- Rules: www.sec.gov/resources-sm...
- Disclosures: tracxn.com/d/companies/...
- Rules: www.sec.gov/resources-sm...
- Disclosures: tracxn.com/d/companies/...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Eh, there's only so much they can raise (legally) without disclosing it.
- Rules: www.sec.gov/resources-sm...
- Disclosures: tracxn.com/d/companies/...
- Rules: www.sec.gov/resources-sm...
- Disclosures: tracxn.com/d/companies/...
Yeah, they're not exactly rolling in money from Starlink launches. They need Starship for that (theoretically anyway).
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Yeah, they're not exactly rolling in money from Starlink launches. They need Starship for that (theoretically anyway).
It's literally the math SpaceX themselves described.
We know:
1. How much NASA already paid SpaceX for HLS ($2.7B - Outlayed)
2. The max amount NASA could pay SpaceX ($4.5B - Potential Award)
3. SpaceX said they are paying for 90% of the total development costs
That leaves NASA's portion at 10%.
We know:
1. How much NASA already paid SpaceX for HLS ($2.7B - Outlayed)
2. The max amount NASA could pay SpaceX ($4.5B - Potential Award)
3. SpaceX said they are paying for 90% of the total development costs
That leaves NASA's portion at 10%.
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's literally the math SpaceX themselves described.
We know:
1. How much NASA already paid SpaceX for HLS ($2.7B - Outlayed)
2. The max amount NASA could pay SpaceX ($4.5B - Potential Award)
3. SpaceX said they are paying for 90% of the total development costs
That leaves NASA's portion at 10%.
We know:
1. How much NASA already paid SpaceX for HLS ($2.7B - Outlayed)
2. The max amount NASA could pay SpaceX ($4.5B - Potential Award)
3. SpaceX said they are paying for 90% of the total development costs
That leaves NASA's portion at 10%.
SpaceX self-funding 90% (0.9)
NASA HLS funding remaining 10% (0.1)
2.7 / 0.1 = 27
4.5 / 0.1 = 45
NASA HLS funding remaining 10% (0.1)
2.7 / 0.1 = 27
4.5 / 0.1 = 45
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
SpaceX self-funding 90% (0.9)
NASA HLS funding remaining 10% (0.1)
2.7 / 0.1 = 27
4.5 / 0.1 = 45
NASA HLS funding remaining 10% (0.1)
2.7 / 0.1 = 27
4.5 / 0.1 = 45
So what you're saying is that Starship development costs are somewhere in the range of US$27-45B?
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So what you're saying is that Starship development costs are somewhere in the range of US$27-45B?
Pepperidge Farm remembers...
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pepperidge Farm remembers...
NASA "Hatch Act" comms working diligently during the shutdown I see...
October 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
NASA "Hatch Act" comms working diligently during the shutdown I see...
"NASA Has Been Implementing the President’s Proposed FY26 Budget Cuts Since Early Summer—In Clear Violation of the Constitution"
Appointees & politicians telling you the US will do more and be leaders in human spaceflight with this budget are lying to you.
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
Appointees & politicians telling you the US will do more and be leaders in human spaceflight with this budget are lying to you.
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"NASA Has Been Implementing the President’s Proposed FY26 Budget Cuts Since Early Summer—In Clear Violation of the Constitution"
Appointees & politicians telling you the US will do more and be leaders in human spaceflight with this budget are lying to you.
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
Appointees & politicians telling you the US will do more and be leaders in human spaceflight with this budget are lying to you.
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
For reference, these were the published numbers in April 2024.
August 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For reference, these were the published numbers in April 2024.
Methinks this math ain't mathing
August 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Methinks this math ain't mathing
This hotel didn't buy into their sales pitch.
July 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This hotel didn't buy into their sales pitch.
Sharing this picture for absolutely no reason at all...
Also, thanks Ars Technica for being the only place online I could still find a copy of this poster.
Also, thanks Ars Technica for being the only place online I could still find a copy of this poster.
June 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sharing this picture for absolutely no reason at all...
Also, thanks Ars Technica for being the only place online I could still find a copy of this poster.
Also, thanks Ars Technica for being the only place online I could still find a copy of this poster.
The update was to change the undocking procedure to do something slightly different when uncrewed. It still would have undocked just fine without the update.
No risk of bricking. Still capable of undocking without it. Uneducated people not understanding info from other uneducated people.
No risk of bricking. Still capable of undocking without it. Uneducated people not understanding info from other uneducated people.
March 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The update was to change the undocking procedure to do something slightly different when uncrewed. It still would have undocked just fine without the update.
No risk of bricking. Still capable of undocking without it. Uneducated people not understanding info from other uneducated people.
No risk of bricking. Still capable of undocking without it. Uneducated people not understanding info from other uneducated people.
Anyone know what this is?
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Anyone know what this is?
Vance deserved to have it said louder...
March 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Vance deserved to have it said louder...