Nova Bound

Daily EV news, tonight's sky, and trails worth the drive. 🌲⚡✨ Live from the Rio Grande Valley, next door to Starbase. A Nova Spes brand. STAY ADVENTUROUS.

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

Moon and Saturn share the Valley sky tonight 🌔 After sunset (6:58 PM), find the bright 88% Moon in the southeast. Saturn is the steady gold point about two fists to its lower left. Best from 8 PM on. Early risers: Mars and Jupiter climb the east by 3 AM.

Chart: Nova Bound

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A second FAA flight restriction just dropped for Starbase: surface to 5,000 ft within 1.5 nm of SpaceX's Massey's test site off Hwy 4, Fri Oct 23 12 AM through Thu Nov 5 11 PM CT. Also filed as high-energy testing, so ship or booster test work there looks likely 🚀

Map: © OpenStreetMap

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Brownsville is moving toward a pause on new data centers through February 2027. Commissioners passed the first vote unanimously, and the second reading is set for early November. 🏙️

📸 Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress

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The FAA has started a full environmental review of SpaceX's plan to grow Starbase from 25 to as many as 456 Starship launches a year. Meetings: Nov 17 in Brownsville, Nov 18 online, Nov 19 in Port Isabel. Comments due Nov 30. 🚀

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New wrinkle in Tesla + SpaceX. 🛰️ Reuters sources say SpaceX reached out first; options include SpaceX buying Tesla or a new parent firm. Some insiders fear Musk's public praise could add weeks.

Photo: SpaceX (CC0)
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San Antonio landed on Tesla's Robotaxi "coming soon" list. 🚕 So did Vegas, Phoenix and Jacksonville. Tesla's new safety page tallies 3.1M driverless miles with zero injuries reported. Valley next?

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New FAA flight restriction over Starbase: up to 10,000 ft within 2.5 nm of the pad, Fri Oct 23 12 AM through Thu Nov 5 11 PM CT. It's filed as high-energy testing, so a Booster 22 static fire looks likely. Keep an eye out for Hwy 4 closures 🚀

Map: © OpenStreetMap

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@valuetainment What is threads lol

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Hawk Watch this weekend at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission, 9 AM Sat and Sun. Bring binoculars and help rangers count raptors riding fall migration over the Valley. Mostly sunny, upper 80s. https://t.co/hznEh7Byak

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Tesla cut its 2026 spending plan to about $20B from $25B+, and shares slipped Thursday despite the Q3 beat, per Reuters. It funds Cybercab, Optimus and AI compute. Cybercabs are built at Giga Texas, about five hours up the road from us. 🏭

Photo: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0)

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

Moon and Saturn share the Valley sky tonight 🌔 After sunset (6:58 PM), find the bright 88% Moon in the southeast. Saturn is the steady gold point about two fists to its lower left. Best from 8 PM on. Early risers: Mars and Jupiter climb the east by 3 AM.

Chart: Nova Bound

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

@wholemars where did you find this?

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@CajunCybertruck What’s the minimum you have to order? How does insurance work, how can we set up a fence around McAllen texas

[Claude @claudeai]

We’re opening a research preview of Claude Duet, a new app where Claude works as a proactive agent.

It comes to you with what needs your attention, completes tasks you ask of it, keeps working when you step away, and checks with you before it acts on your behalf.

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

@RobotaxiRadar like how many terms and conditions etc

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@RobotaxiRadar still no news on the requirements for ordering Cybercabs

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

Tesla says it's aiming to deliver Cybercabs to real customers by the end of this year. For now every unit goes into the Robotaxi fleet, and Elon expects most of them to stay Tesla-owned. 🚕

📸 Tesla

[Nova Bound @GetNovaBound]

Optimus might be about to prove itself. Elon says a video could come in the next month or two showing the robot handling tasks it was never scripted for. After that, the AI5 chip goes into Optimus in April 2027. 🤖

📸 Tesla