Ajit Pai

Former @FCC Chairman, now President and CEO of @CTIA and Partner at Searchlight Capital Partners. American, Kansan, dad, Chiefs fan. I own a big mug.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

My critics, 2017-present. 👇🏽

[Hugh “The Trap” Mungus, CPA @glorytoastra]

Idc what the facts are, ajit pai ruined everything

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

0 F = extremely cold
100 F = extremely hot
0 C = kinda chilly
100 C = you're dead

Conclusion: centigrade is a scale created by complete morons
https://t.co/IIRGmINWJi

[evan conrad @evanjconrad]

best possible lee kuan yew quote: “the american culture is we start from scratch, and we beat you”

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Sure, 4K is nice, but there was nothing like sitting two inches away from one of these sweet bastards while your mother predicted you’d be as blind as Ray Charles by the following Thursday.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

@BrendanCarrFCC @canonicalbrud Had to give this one a hard thumbs-down. Our public officials need to take responsibility.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

These jean shorts alone were reason enough to tear down the Berlin Wall.

[East German Visuals @GDRvisuals]

Stasi agent modeling his disguise as a Western tourist, 1985.

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

ANTONEE ROBINSON WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANGER AGAINST GERMANY.

ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!?!

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

This is an incredible story.

[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.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

President @RonaldReagan, OTD in 1984 in Normandy before #DDay veterans: "These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. And these are the heroes who helped end a war." https://t.co/DrYKR22KNr

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

I cannot imagine the feelings of those men—many just boys—carried by Higgins boats toward hostile shores at Normandy. I sometimes watch the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" to remind myself of their courage and sacrifice. Today is one of those days. https://t.co/p51uG8mkG9

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

82 years ago today, at this very hour, America single handedly won WWII, making it the back-to-back world war champs

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

Entomologists recently visited the remote Lisima Plateau in eastern Angola and conducted a biodiversity survey. They found a number of new species, including a spider that glows blue under ultraviolet light and insects that camouflage themselves into local vegetation.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

"Your task will not be an easy one." From Eisenhower's letter to courageous Allied troops on June 6, 1944 -- #DDay.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

And only in the greatest nation on earth. 🇺🇸

[Stevie Stacks @StevieStacks84]

Only in the great state of Florida 😂

[Eisenhower Library @IkeLibrary]

📜 From the archives: The weight of history in one memo. June 5, 1944.
Take a look at the weather reports and discussions that led to the defining moment of the D-Day invasion. See the exact deliberations behind the famous command, "Okay, we’ll go." June 6, 1944.
@USNatArchives

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

OTD in 1968, Sirhan Sirhan assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. In his first TV interview, Sirhan, a Palestinian, said: "My only connection with Robert Kennedy was his sole support of Israel and his deliberate attempt to send those 50 bombers to Israel to obviously do harm to the Palestinians." https://t.co/4hlQFsNuPH

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

OTD in 1977, the @Apple II went on sale. One of the 1st commercially successful PCs, it "boasted a whopping 1MHz MOS 6502 processor, integrated keyboard, built-in BASIC programming environment, expandable memory from 4K up to 48K, [and] 8 expansion slots." https://t.co/9XR4RVSYEK

[US Department of the Interior @Interior]

Kīlauea continues to make history. 🌋

The ongoing summit eruption in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has set a new record for lava fountaining episodes, and it's still going.

Video by @USGSVolcanoes

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

[80's & 90's Throwbacks @80s90sJukebox]

Ferris Bueller took his "Day Off" 41 years ago today. June 5th 1985. Happy Ferris Bueller Day #80s

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

@StevenJDuffield I don’t believe we know for sure.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

On this date in 1989–courage.

#Tiananmen