Does anyone know how to witness these launch events live? Is it open to the public or only SpaceX employees + friends & family?
Yes it's open to everyone. South Padre Island would be your best bet.
Readit Newsllboston commented on Starship's Sixth Flight Test spacex.com/launches/missi... · Posted by u/hnburnsy
llboston commented on Starship's Sixth Flight Test spacex.com/launches/missi... · Posted by u/hnburnsy
SpaceX's contracts were absolutely subsidies - the contracted Falcon 1 tests and the resulting Falcon 9 contracts were an expensive moonshot for the USG at first - but even if you discount them, Tesla absolutely hoovered up subsidies like the EV tax credits.
They even have a page about them: https://www.tesla.com/support/incentives
From Wiki [1]:
SpaceX spent its own capital to develop and fly its previous launcher, Falcon 1, with no pre-arranged sales of launch services. SpaceX developed Falcon 9 with private capital as well, but did have pre-arranged commitments by NASA to purchase several operational flights once specific capabilities were demonstrated.
llboston commented on Starship's Sixth Flight Test spacex.com/launches/missi... · Posted by u/hnburnsy
Many YC founders did the same thing. They worked on their own startups with no salary under a student visa, and applied for H1B/O1 visas once they got funding. Is this illegal?
llboston commented on Starship's Sixth Flight Test spacex.com/launches/missi... · Posted by u/hnburnsy
He's always been all-in on the winning candidate. His whole business is getting government subsidies. His single principle is sucking up to people in power. He loved Obama when he was in power, too.
Proud to say I've found that asshole annoying since WAY before it was cool.
SpaceX did get government contracts, but not subsidies, and saved NASA and US Taxpayers lots of money.
Elon Musk is ahead of everyone else in space. While nice, this and everything else anyone has done this and past decade in space is much less significant than the far more economical rockets Musk has built, basically with his bare hands.
Not just Elon Musk, there are so many talented Engineers at SpaceX, and they are doing the hard work day in and day out.
llboston commented on Temu's semi-managed model could change everything techbuzzchina.substack.co... · Posted by u/sharpshadow
The USPS is subsidizing the Chinese with shipping into the U.S.
See https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-...
On top of that, Temu doesn't pay import tariffs.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241357550/import-tariff-loop...
llboston commented on Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills reuters.com/technology/sp... · Posted by u/duxup
"Reuters couldn't determine for every lien whether outstanding bills were owed by SpaceX or by one of its contractors who commissioned work or materials on its behalf."
Just think what kind of big telescopes we can send to space once Starships are launched regularly in a few years!
Personally, I can’t wait to see a massive, kilometer-wide telescope in space or nestled in a crater on the Moon. We might finally figure out dark matter, dark energy, anti-gravity.