One of the most telling parts of today:
Elon didnโt ring the bell surrounded by Wall Street bankers in Manhattan.
He rang it surrounded by the engineers, welders, technicians, machinists, and launch crews who built SpaceX.
1,700 miles from the traditional center of finance.
That says everything
@ARealRocketMan While others are thinking in terms of checkers, Elon is playing Chess - 5 moves ahead. This degree of simultaneity is why $SPCX will be the singularity mover of civilization. Get in, buckle up and HODL! The best is yet to come! ๐ฅ๐
A lunar mass driver is a newly prioritized concept for an electromagnetic launch system built on the Moon's surface to propel payloads into space without chemical rocket propellant. By leveraging the Moon's one-sixth Earth gravity and its lack of an atmosphere, the system can accelerate cargo to the lunar escape velocity of 2.38 km/s using only electricity. This technology has shifted from a science-fiction trope to an active corporate roadmap, most notably via @SpaceX's official design presentations highlighting plans to use it for deep-space infrastructure deployment.
DEPLOYMENT:
A key functional factor for payload management. Heat shields and engines are lesser issues than proper mass to orbit distribution done rapidly. Starship can scale - no one else is even close to this degree of complexity!
Today, @SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX) makes its public market debut with a $75Bn offering (pre-greenshoe) at $135 per share, marking the largest IPO in history.
Congratulations to the SpaceX team. We are honored to serve as joint lead bookrunner and sole stabilization agent.
True! But you have to set your risk tolerance. If you believe in Elon and the future that follows him, then the current price is moot. Owning shares now at market value is cheap compared to where it will be in 5, 10, or 20 years.
Iโll Bet on Elon - regardless.
Play the long game.
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Before ignition, the liquid hydrogen (LH2) feeding the Ariane 6's Vulcainยฎ 2.1 engine is chilled down to an extreme cryogenic temperature of โ253ยฐC (โ423.4ยฐF / 20 Kelvin).