Frank Slazer

Space exploration advocate 🚀 🛰️🌞🪐🌎🌓 & proud @SyracuseU alum 🍊 & @DLBA resident who knows that life's too short for bad weather! 😎 he/him 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[Josef Aschbacher @AschbacherJosef]

🇨🇿 This agreement demonstrates how ESA is enabling its Member States to participate in human spaceflight through a new generation of commercial partnerships and supports the Czech Republic’s ambitions while reinforcing Europe’s broader objectives in exploration, innovation and long-term capability development. We thank @NASA for its effort in facilitating this commercial activity.

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@peterrhague It’s not even the biggest SUV on the American market!

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@mjolsen74 Apollo ended because it did what the nation wanted it to do; beat the Russians to the moon. Political support for exploration & settlement was never high. To move forward we need to make the case for it. I just hope we don’t make the same mistake by focusing too much on China

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@vast @w_robinsonsmith @esa @NASA @astro_ales Great news! @vast continues to make progress in signing up international customers for its commercial space station. You make @VisitSpaceBeach proud!

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

I’m a California Conservative who HATES our Democrat establishment, but there is no logic to the evidence-less theory that our elections are rigged.

Those duped by this theory can’t explain…

-How the GOP won numerous close congressional races in 2022

-How Steve Hilton is going to beat a Democrat who spent $200 million and make the runoff

-Why the LA Democrat establishment would prevent Spencer Pratt from being Mayor Bass’ opponent when he would have been WAY WAY easier for her to beat than Raman will be

MAGA is really bad at a lot of things, but math and logic are their biggest weaknesses.
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[Weapon 𝕏 @HellRaz0r1776]

BREAKING: Toyota has recalled over 350,000 1993 Camry’s due to the fact that owners really should have bought something new by now

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@PebMet1 @SpaceX Yeah and the narrative that ULA and other competitors were just greedy and didn’t “get” the benefits of reusability needs revision… Yes, reusability doubtless saves money but launches can be a lot cheaper if you sell them at a loss!

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@GregWAutry Give it time - at the rate this one came out, that’ll be 2072!

[Axiom Space @Axiom_Space]

Axiom Space has teamed up again with @Prada to introduce the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), the innermost layer within the #AxEMU spacesuit that is designed to protect astronauts from the elements when they explore the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.

The LCVG collaboration draws on Prada's expertise in engineered knitting and innovative design concepts, resulting in a next-generation garment that maintains cooling and ventilation while enhancing comfort during up to eight-hour spacewalks.

Collaborating with industry pioneers like Prada allows us to combine our technical expertise with leaders across different sectors, fostering innovation and teamwork to deliver advanced technologies that will return America to the Moon.

Learn more: https://t.co/ra23WrbLs1

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@robert_zubrin @3YearLetterman @kegsforsale @JeffreyToobin @Zoom And Secretary of State? Did anyone tell Rubio?

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

If he hadn’t been persecuted to death by his government, he could well have lived long enough to witness much of the computer revolution.

At age 57 he would’ve seen Apollo 11 land on the Moon, using the most advanced computers of the time
At age 69 he would’ve seen the release of the IBM PC
In his 80s he would’ve seen the dot com bubble.
If he made it to 95, he might have been there when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.

[Pierre Lionnet @LionnetPierre]

Anyone buying SpaceX shares at a $1.8 trillion valuation — more than 90 times last year’s revenue — is betting that traditional metrics like cash flow and profit don’t apply here.

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@DavetheRadTrad @StatisticUrban I live in Long Beach - our typical year round high temp is about 72 degrees plus or minus ten degrees. AC can definitely be optional.

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

Well researched; IPO buyers beware! https://t.co/KOdRVIqAm2

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@Dentonandsas @VJFazzino Still open

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Great to visit the Long Beach headquarters of @Vast, one of the companies competing to replace the International Space Station after its 2030 retirement.

From Space Beach to Silicon Valley, California's commercial space ecosystem is powering America’s next era of exploration.

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

@relisberg @realJoelFischer Not to mention that LA County has more people than like 40 states!

[Grant Hesser @GrantHesser]

Here's my assessment of what's going on inside Goldman and Morgan Stanley right about now around the $SPCX IPO.

1) The math isn't mathing for institutional investors to participate at $135/sh in the size they need them to. Research is being heavily pressured by banking to get more aggressive on their estimates/teach-in materials to try to make valuation make sense. It's not working. The biggest brass across the firms are now getting involved - Jamie Dimon & David Solomon are taking meetings - it's all hands on deck.

2) Accordingly, the bookrunners are increasing the % of the deal allocated to retail to 30%. Remember, it's the banks buying the shares from the company and if their largest institutional relationships aren't biting in the size they need them to - they have to find demand somewhere else they're going to be on the hook for the delta between $135/sh and wherever the stock trades multiplied by the number of shares left in inventory. Find the demand - whoever and whatever it takes.

3) Banks are also pressuring the index providers to create forced buying as well across a ton of indices and their associated products. This has worked in some places and hasn't in others (credit to S&P for their backbone here). This will create a large amount of demand but I don't know the math here relative to the float coming public - if anyone has seen smart math here please share.

All and all, this is going to be a fascinating IPO to watch but I have next to zero interest in participating - I suspect I'm in the majority here.

[Frank Slazer @FSlazer]

I was part of a terrific discussion on the future of @NASA yesterday @spacetechexpo with @AIAspeaks Amber McIntyre, @exploreplanets Mat Kaplan and @SETIInstitute Franck Marchis
It’s an exciting time as NASA reorganizes to accelerate human exploration!

[How To AI @HowToAI_]

turns out AI models cannot do math.. even grade school math. the kind a 10-year-old solves.

Apple published a devastating study that exposes a massive illusion at the core of artificial intelligence.

they took the standard math benchmark (GSM8K) that every AI company uses to brag about how smart their model is.

first, they just changed the names in the word problems.. the models' performance fluctuated for no reason.

then, they changed the numbers. the performance immediately dropped.

but then they ran the test that broke everything.

they added one single, completely irrelevant sentence to the word problem. something like: "By the way, 5 of the apples were green."

A human 10-year-old ignores the green apples and solves the underlying math.

the AI didn't.

across every state-of-the-art model, performance collapsed by up to 65%.

the AI blindly grabbed the irrelevant number and tried to shove it into the equation. it didn't know why it was doing the math. it just saw a number and assumed it was supposed to use it.

there is no genuine logical reasoning happening under the hood.

we are deploying these systems to run our finances, analyze our legal documents, and make complex strategic decisions.

but the models don't actually understand the logic they are spitting out.

they just know what a smart answer is supposed to look like.