Daan Coster

Founder of Space Investment LLC

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

I'm building a space simulation so you can get an intuitive sense of the universe, galaxies, gravity, black holes, the three body problem, tides, lunar phases, seasons...

You can play it here for free:
https://t.co/LgbDXi7jtp

[Lunar Citizen @LunarCitizens]

According to SpaceX’s resubmitted permit application for the Louisiana Starbase logistics hub, they really know how to play the permitting game.

I carefully read the revised 82-page narrative. The design description repeatedly emphasizes that the purpose of this facility is to move materials purchased or fabricated by Louisiana suppliers through this logistics hub to Starbase Texas and Cape Canaveral
Yes, you read that right, the document does not say it is meant to support Starship manufacturing or launches in Louisiana. It even includes a specific line stating that the project has independent utility and that its need does not depend on the construction of any facility outside the scope of this application.
Pretty slick move.

[Rakuten Group @RakutenGroup]

Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile are launching Rakuten AST, a joint venture to build a D2D satellite network in Japan🚀

With $1B in support from Japan’s MIC, Rakuten AST will build disaster-resilient, uninterrupted communications infrastructure for Japan.

https://t.co/qvvmzdFyG3

[Even Rogers @jollyrogersta]

What’s about to happen in space is like what happened with aviation in the Interwar Period between WWI and WWII. We will see an explosion of new spacecraft as builders get to experiment.

This will be highly pronounced in military space. Military missions have special requirements and this drives unique speciation, or specialization, at the platform level. This will also change the dual-use narrative. Dual-use as a fetishized product approach was an artifact of expensive launch, capital market requirements, and procurement incentives. All three have changed.

The future of military space is probably going to be something like EVE.

[Brian Sullivan @SullyCNBC]

I’m old enough to remember a few days ago when data centers caused residential electricity prices to soar.

Now .. not so much.

[NASA Moon Base @NASAMoonBase]

New awards. New mission updates. More progress toward a Moon Base.

We're advancing commercial lunar deliveries, a nuclear-powered rover, launch and orbital transfer services, and infrastructure to support a sustained human presence on the Moon: https://t.co/Yt7oqpvLk5

[Xander 🚀 @MoonManX22]

Over six years ago, I joined SpaceX with a dream of helping humanity reach the stars.

Today, I got to hear my own voice and see my own hands in a SpaceX documentary, testing a piece of Starship that traveled to space and made it home. That’s my Lab!!!

It’s hard to put into words what that means to me.

I spent years dreaming of being part of something like this. Now I get to help build the future I once only imagined.

I used to dream about the day we'd bring a Starship home. Now I get to hold a piece of the proof that we can.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship is preparing for catch

Flight 15 is targeting to launch as early as Friday, November 13, pending regulatory approval → https://t.co/K5XRci6bnw

[🏳️‍🌈Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Alex) @Alexphysics13]

SpaceX has opened a new page of their website for Starfall which is now officially added to their vehicle lineup.

https://t.co/1ToPzaSwfN

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Cape pressing ahead with spaceport upgrades despite near-term launch downturn https://t.co/jfDi7GWikA

[FCC @FCC]

https://t.co/7tsvm9uFNl

[FCC @FCC]

DIRECT-TO-DEVICE CONNECTION 🛰️

“@POTUS has made clear that America will lead the world in next-generation connectivity.

With today’s proposal, we take our most comprehensive step yet to modernize the FCC’s rules for direct-to-device.” - Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC 🧵⬇️

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Space Force weighs new spaceport for heavy launches by 2030 https://t.co/apzJ5rgBVP

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Pentagon looking past Earth orbit for its next military frontier https://t.co/vRJGAtGuqj

[ICEYE @iceye_global]

ICEYE and @Nokia announced today a partnership with The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to develop sovereign satellite communications. ICEYE has supported Ukraine since 2022 and delivers sovereign space capability at speed. This builds on that.

Read more: https://t.co/RzzoynIfom

[Antonio García Martínez @antoniogm]

Reading a history of the bond market recently, and the author noted that Britain defeated Napoleon mostly because their consol bond market left the British military much better funded than France’s weak post-revolutionary capital markets.

One Alexander Hamilton studied the British bond market, and then consolidated American revolutionary debt into one tradable market, which gave birth to what became the New York stock exchange, Liberty bonds, and the world’s largest capital markets.

An army might march on its stomach, but it’s borrowed money that pays for the food and ammunition, and the one who can borrow the most generally wins.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

SPACEX IS IN TALKS TO ACCESS 80,000 CELL SITES FOR NEW NETWORK

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

As crazy as this sounds, $1T in SpaceX revenue in 2028 is no longer impossible

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

During the SpaceX earnings call today, Elon Musk says the company will attempt to recover both the booster and ship on Flight 15. Targeting next month. Believes success "is more likely than not."

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

AI, now called Super Intelligence, has overtaken Starlink to become SpaceX's biggest business by revenue.
SpaceX ->SIX