Chuck Taerk

PE Investor, Entrepreneur, Husband, Dad. Enjoying Life

[Stellarix @Stellarixorine]

Yesterday, SpaceX successfully completed a full-duration, full-thrust static fire of the 33-engine Super Heavy V3 booster. All Raptor engines fired at maximum power for the planned burn, generating massive shockwaves and demonstrating the booster’s structural strength and roughly 74-76 meganewtons of thrust.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

> you’ll never start a rocket company
> you’ll never build your own engines
> you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts
> you’ll never survive three launch failures
> you’ll never reach orbit
> you’ll never win NASA’s trust
> you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS
> you’ll never compete with Boeing
> you’ll never compete with Lockheed
> you’ll never make rockets reusable
> you’ll never land a rocket vertically
> you’ll never land one on a drone ship
> you’ll never reuse a booster
> you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times
> you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing
> you’ll never lower launch costs
> you’ll never launch every month
> you’ll never launch every week
> you’ll never launch multiple times a week
> you’ll never carry astronauts
> you’ll never replace Roscosmos
> you’ll never fly civilians to orbit
> you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale
> you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever
> you’ll never make satellite internet work
> you’ll never make satellite internet fast
> you’ll never make satellite internet affordable
> you’ll never serve rural customers
> you’ll never serve aircraft and ships
> you’ll never build a methane rocket engine
> you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work
> you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever
> you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V
> you’ll never build it out of stainless steel
> you’ll never launch Starship
> you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship
> you’ll never relight Raptor in space
> you’ll never bring Super Heavy back
> you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms
> you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide
> you’ll never change the economics of space
> you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you
> you’ll never win
> you’ll never IPO

Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.

Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[Yvonne Sayers @theyvonnesayers]

“That’s what SpaceX is all about, is to take the fiction out of science fiction and create an exciting inspiring future for everyone.”

“Whoever you are watching this, SpaceX wants to be able to take you to the moon, take you to Mars, and ultimately beyond.”

- Elon Musk

[Captain Eli @TheCaptainEli]

I Support Elon Musk,
Day #489

From France

[Ming @tslaming]

Inspiring speech by Elon Musk at SpaceX's bell-ringing ceremony:

"I always think about this, there are always problems on earth, there are always problems in earth, there are always things that we wish to be better, that we want to solve here on earth and we should solve them.

But there also have to be things that get you excited about the future that make you glad to wake up in the morning because you can't wait to see what happens next.

And that's the future that SpaceX wants to bring to you."

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Thank you! 🚀🚀🚀

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Happy @SpaceX IPO day!

For the first time, everyday retail investors will be able to directly own a piece of a company whose mission is the most ambitious in human history. Congrats to the whole SpaceX team. Ad Astra! 🚀

[Niall Anderson @INiallAnderson]

Gwynne Shotwell is anticipating SpaceX's 13th Starship Flight could happen some time in July with monthly flights thereafter with Flight 14 hopefully being their first attempt at full orbit! 🔥
📸: @CNBC

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

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[stevenmarkryan @stevenmarkryan]

Ron Baron on the SpaceX opportunity.

"You can't own enough of the greatest idea you've ever had. That's the way I feel about SpaceX."

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Anthropic and Google are now paying @SpaceX a combined $2.17 billon per month for compute capacity. That's a revenue run rate of $26 billion per year. BIG MONEY.

[J.P. Morgan @jpmorgan]

Live from our global headquarters: Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk discuss SpaceX and more. https://t.co/WQfJ3j8atX

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Breathtakingly Beautiful

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship and Super Heavy V3 moved to the pad at Starbase for final testing and preparations for launch

[Elonogy @ElonogyX]

Starship is the largest flying object ever built.

This is the factory where it happens — and Elon Musk giving an inside tour of SpaceX’s Starbase factory

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[Captain Eli @TheCaptainEli]

We support Elon Musk
Day # 395

From the US
@Chuck_Taerk

[Chuck Taerk @Chuck_Taerk]

Up close to see Booster 19 at the launch pad. Another significant achievement for @SpaceX @elonmusk Ad Astra. Wishing the team another successful mission