American Operator

Texas. Day job, lots of flights. Posting what I watch in SpaceX, Starlink, Grok, Optimus and Anduril, and what it means for regular people.

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

Quick intro, since you just landed here.

I'm based in Texas, work a weekday job, and fly a lot. On the side I follow SpaceX, Starlink, Grok, Optimus and Anduril.

I post one concrete fact, what it means for regular people, and a question for you.

If that's your kind of feed, follow along. What should I cover first?

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

@niccruzpatane The drone shots are half the reason people watch SpaceX now. Nobody else lets you sit that close to 33 engines lighting up

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@MarioNawfal Booster's the known part now. Ship catch is the real question, does the heat shield come back clean enough to catch?

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@BrianRoemmele If Nvidia's CEO is calling out demand for a bot by name, that's compute getting booked for it. Wonder how long before agents outnumber chat as the main thing people use Grok for

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@emollick How do you tell when you've hit the model's wall vs just your ability to check its work?

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@NASA Hunter's Moon tomorrow night, noted. Hoping Houston stays clear long enough to catch it coming up over the horizon. Anybody shooting it with just a phone?

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@SawyerMerritt Pickup zone is the easy part. How'd they do when the whole crowd left at once?

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@corinthianswhi2 Yeah ship static fire is the tell. You following Flight 15 for anything specific, catch attempt or the ship side?

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

Booster 22 just finished its static fire at Starbase. One of the last big ground tests before Flight 15.

Next up is stacking.

How soon do you think Flight 15 actually flies?

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

@corinthianswhi2 Same, I'll take that bet. If Ship is ready on time I don't see what holds it back. The slide usually comes from the ship side, not the booster

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

@icreatelife ok but could anyone actually sew this? where are the seams lol

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@AndrewCurran_ funny if true but one detector score isn't proof. would want to see what it says on their older pre-GPT scripts

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

NASA just reworked Artemis III. The 2027 mission stays in Earth orbit to test docking with the SpaceX and Blue Origin landers.

The actual Moon landing slides to 2028.

Smart way to cut risk, or one more year lost?

[American Operator @The_American_Op]

@adcock_brett What has it done on its own so far that actually saved someone time? That's the demo I'd want to see

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@ai_for_success Smart move. What happens when the next CLI update changes the output format though, do you pin the version or just patch it when it breaks

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@icreatelife Honestly the biggest unlock isn't stuff people couldn't make. It's stuff they never had the hours for. Time is the real gift here

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@AndrewCurran_ OpenRouter folks switch models every week tho. Ask again in 60 days after the next Grok drop

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@elonmusk @bot Hiring is the right frame. Nobody hands a new hire everything on day one though. What's the first job you'd trust it with fully

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@kimmonismus Funny part is Claude is doing the cleanup from the cloud. Could a local model handle a TV firmware job like that yet or is that still too much

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@FelixSchlang One more step to flight! I love seeing this stuff!

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@Chesschick01 @Jason You look like you are about to fight the system!

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@kimmonismus does the 512K actually hold up past like 100K or does it fall apart? that's the test I'd want before the benchmark chart