David Beck

Boy Dad, world traveling F1 fan (GPs in 4 countries), history buff, soccer fan, and pays the bills by being Chambers rated for bankruptcy litigation.

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@RMFifthCircuit That may be the best non In re case title in history. And that first paragraph is a

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@BravesAndBirds @atl_q0 Buckeye fans are so crazy, that I knew one who joined the Texas boosters in 2006 just so he could guarantee he could get seats to watch them play in Austin. He lived in Columbus and had never attended Texas or even lived in Texas.

[Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy]

The irony of the Europeans coming to America and through their eyes giving us the 250th birthday celebration we need and deserve.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

The spontaneous tweets of individuals pursuing their own adventure doing a better job of celebrating America in its 250th year than the government officials tasked with that assignment.

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

Something surreal about seeing Lionel Messi score in the home of the Auburn Tigers, the kind of context collapse that is only possible on the precipice of an American World Cup 🇺🇸

[Harry @Harry8__]

we've got a German exploring all the wonders of the south while a Swede is having the time of her life in Indiana

THIS is what an American World Cup was meant to be

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@IntoGeo You can really tell the difference when you go from the glaciated plateau west. All of a sudden the hills just stop.

[Dominic Pino @DominicJPino]

Politicians have plenty of unpredictable crises to deal with.

But the Social Security trustees write a report to Congress every year telling them the date when this particular crisis will happen.

It used to be far in the future. Now, it’s just six years away.

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@SecretCFO Works for small businesses and merchant cash advance lenders also.

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@ATRightMovies

[DataFut @DataFutebol]

Essa é uma das estatísticas mais fodas na história das Copas, não ironicamente.

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

@BravesAndBirds @Barsalev That would also be why the most iconic pro football stadium is in Green Bay - the unique ownership situation keeps them in one place.

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

European nations prepare for the World Cup

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth.

It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter.
Less than a refrigerator light bulb.

The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light.

By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery.

NASA's Deep Space Network picks it up using 70-meter dish antennas cooled to near absolute zero to reduce electronic noise.

The engineering required to hear a 23-watt signal from 24 billion km away is arguably more impressive than the spacecraft itself.

Launched 1977.
Still transmitting.
Still being heard.

We built something that works perfectly, 47 years later, in conditions no one has ever tested in.

That's what engineering for the long term looks like.

[UtterlyInteresting @UtterlyInterest]

It's been 47 years since the best ever account of an attempted crime (from the Edinburgh Evening News, 18 August 1978)

[David Beck @David_Beck_Atty]

And this week’s newsletter teaches us that @SecretCFO knows his deep-lying midfielders.

[Adeo Ressi @adeoressi]

I organized an intervention to stop Elon from starting SpaceX. Here is the story...

Twenty five years ago, Elon and I sat in a car on a dark stretch of Long Island highway, two neurodiverse geeks staring at the night sky and wondering what came next. We had both experienced substantial exits and felt the weight of possibility ahead of us.

When I joked about 'space' while gazing upward, neither of us imagined we were planting the seed for what would become the largest IPO in history. We spent the next two hours debating why space was so hard. In the end, rockets are fuel and metal. We also debated where to go, and it was crystal clear that Mars was the only real destination.

Upon returning to NYC, we embarked on a global tour of space, meeting space agencies and luminaries worldwide. This opened our eyes to an industry stuck in bureaucratic thinking. If things continued at that pace, it was clear that we would never explore space in our lifetime.

So, we launched Life to Mars to show the world that two ambitious young men (29 and 30 years old), could send life to Mars without any government backing or support. We planned to send and grow plants on Mars, though some were pushing us to send mice.

We had a $50 MM budget that rested on our purchase of two Russian ICBMs for $7 MM each. We assumed one ICBM would fail, and we would learn and fix everything before launching again. When Elon went back to actually buy the ICBMs, the Russians tripled the price, bringing out launch costs from a total of $14 MM to $42 MM.

Our ambitious Life to Mars plan was no longer viable.

As you might imagine, Elon was not pleased. So, he decided to start SpaceX and create his own Mars rockets. Now, this is a crazy idea, both now and at the time, so I organized a large panel of top space experts, and we ambushed him at the Georgian Hotel one morning. It was set up like an intervention for an alcoholic, but for space.

Elon looked me in the eye when leaving the room and said, "I am going to do this." The intervention failed. Elon was committed. The rest is history.

I am excited to see this IPO after 25 years of hard work. What SpaceX has done is a testament to human will and overcoming insurmountable obstacles. It's nothing short of amazing.

Congratulations, E. Amazing.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

😂 The odds of landing in a fight with a kangaroo right after parachuting to the ground are pretty low…

But if you're in Australia, apparently they're never zero.