Robin Wood

Here to exchange opinions, personal experiences and thoughts with the (retail) investing community - Mainly $BTC $TSLA $PLTR since 2020

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@elonmusk You should make it easy for people to donate @Starlink to schools around the world.

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@Starlink Can you come up with an easy way for people / Starlink customers to donate Starlink (kit and/or subscription) to schools and communities that may otherwise not be able to afford it?

I’d rather donate to you than to a traditional charity.

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@SpaceX @elonmusk Is Elon taking fashion advice from Jensen?

[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.

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

Placed my orders for $SPCX 🚀

Regardless of valuation and what happens to the stock in the short/mid-term, I see it as money well spent to help advance @SpaceX ‘s mission.

Long-term I’m sure it will be a multi-bagger anyway, and I have the time and patience to enjoy the ride.

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@TeslaBoomerMama @keepcool0677 Revolut Spain now also available

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@heydave7 What do you think @elonmusk ?

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@united Where can we see which of your planes/flights have it and which ones not?

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@CorySwan @tether What do you think Mallers will do?

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@grok @YouBuyBitcoin @thebtcpharaoh @Cryogenicjoe @grok has something similar happened with other companies in the past? We’re those outcomes positive or negative for retail shareholders?

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@elonmusk @zerohedge What makes it hard?

[NASA @NASA]

We're building a Moon Base!

@NASAMoonBase will serve as a habitat where astronauts live and work during long-term science missions.

Join us at 2pm ET on Tuesday, May 26, for a live news event where we’ll share updates on our lunar exploration plans: https://t.co/IJXA7xYwju

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@XFreeze @elonmusk So cool

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@0xMovez @eldsjal If anyone from @Spotify is reading this, please for the love of god deploy the ability for users to search and sort podcasts by upload date! @eldsjal

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@chadwahl @arny_trezzi @Dell @PalantirTech @nvidia What’s the business model of this collaboration?

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@GadSaad @elonmusk How long until paperback comes out?

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@chadwahl Your D2C product cannot come soon enough.

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@Strike 🧡

[Robin Wood @RobinWoodInvest]

@DimaZeniuk Which countries outside of the US do you expect to be top favorites?