Apollo should never represent the upper limit of what @NASA can achieve. It should be a standard we continuously strive to exceed.
We’re bringing that intensity, discipline, and engineering ownership back to this agency. Great nations do not remain great by being caretakers of history, but by continuously making history.
I just found a Tesla Robotaxi driving on a Houston highway!
The catch is that there was a person in the driver seat, but this is an official Robotaxi plate.
This was on a highway in the geofence.
NASA Artemis lead explains how SpaceX is rebuilding Starship between flights at a "blistering" pace he calls "unthinkable" in standard industry history
Jeremy Parsons (Artemis lead): “And so as many of you know, SpaceX launched their first orbital flight with Starship Flight 14 in late September, and that was using their version 3 Starship. It had important upgrades from their previous version, and really, I mean, was a pretty phenomenal flight all in all."
"The SpaceX and NASA teams have conducted a data review of the flight. They’re making excellent progress towards Flight 15, which I think will absolutely be awesome to see, because it could likely be a return to launch site and a catch of both the booster and Starship. Both vehicles have already been cryo-proofed. Improvements are being worked to address lessons learned from Flight 14."
"As you know, SpaceX takes a test, learn, improve approach. And so we’re seeing lots of hardware, lots of quick changes, and an absolute blistering pace of production."
"As an example, SpaceX identified the root cause of multiple Raptor engine relight failures on boost back and landing. They implemented several quick fixes for Flights 13 and 14 to improve their chances to reach more test objectives, and then they already have permanent hardware improvements coming for Flight 15, when they start flying an improved version of the Raptor."
"These sorts of changes in this timeline would be unthinkable in standard industry history.”
Tesla Robotaxi is now expanding much faster than Waymo in Texas
Since September 1, Tesla's registered Robotaxi fleet has nearly tripled, growing from 314 to 927 vehicles
Here's the breakdown:
• Tesla: +613 vehicles (+195%)
• Waymo: +471 vehicles (+64%)
• Tesla is adding an average of 11.8 Robotaxis per day
• 420 of Tesla's registered vehicles are already Cybercabs
Tesla has added more Robotaxis than Waymo in absolute numbers and is growing over 3 times faster in percentage terms during this period
And with Cybercab production ramping up, Tesla's autonomous transportation network is entering an entirely new phase of growth
BREAKING: Tecate, Mexico, is now using Starlink for police, firefighters and emergency crews. 🇲🇽
Officials estimate only 30–40% of its territory has cell coverage. Starlink will help responders request ambulances and backup from remote areas.
BREAKING: Tecate, Mexico, is now using Starlink for police, firefighters and emergency crews. 🇲🇽
Officials estimate only 30–40% of its territory has cell coverage. Starlink will help responders request ambulances and backup from remote areas.
STRONG SIGNAL 🚨 Robotaxi and the Semi truck are now the mainstream products of $TSLA as the company has reserved a dedicated section for each on the home page 🔥
Jordan's central bank just built a Starlink backup for the entire banking system 🇯🇴🛰️
The Central Bank of Jordan says it has finished building and switching on a satellite internet gateway supplied by Starlink. It sits at the Aqaba Digital Hub and is run through the financial sector's cyber incident response team. The bank says it will keep the banking system online if the cables that connect Jordan to the internet fail because of natural disasters, major outages, cyberattacks, war or sabotage. Banks have been told to finish setting up so they can switch over when needed.
Jordan's central bank just built a Starlink backup for the entire banking system 🇯🇴🛰️
The Central Bank of Jordan says it has finished building and switching on a satellite internet gateway supplied by Starlink. It sits at the Aqaba Digital Hub and is run through the financial sector's cyber incident response team. The bank says it will keep the banking system online if the cables that connect Jordan to the internet fail because of natural disasters, major outages, cyberattacks, war or sabotage. Banks have been told to finish setting up so they can switch over when needed.