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I’m in manufacturing, not rocket science, but I see your point. The counter, however, is that sometimes we reach the end of our knowledge. At that point, we have to try things we can’t fully predict, and see what fails. That’s when we really start making positive progress. Edison is often credited (maybe correctly, maybe not) with having said something to the effect of, “I now know a hundred ways NOT to make a light bulb,” right? One jerky fella I used to work with said about new processes, “let’s go ahead and fail quickly, so we can get that out of the way and get on with learning how to do it right.” Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around. — — — — — — — — — — — — God bless America. | |||
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| Fill your hands you son of a bitch |
SpaceX Starship is supposed to launch tonight at about 7:58 est. tonight, was scrubbed last night. It's streaming live on youtube, it'll be interesting to see if they have another one of those rapid unexpected disassembly's again. | |||
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Void Where Prohibited |
Just scrubbed due to weather. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
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| Fill your hands you son of a bitch |
Scrubbed again, try tomorrow. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
So tonight's launch was scrubbed due to weather. Too many people on the chat seemed to be watching to see a blow up, as a finger in Musk's eye. Those who celebrate failure will never succeed in their endeavors. | |||
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What happened?  | |||
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goodheart |
Successful Starship mission at last!! Deployed simulated satellites with the pez dispenser Successful reentry burn Landed exactly on target in the Indian Ocean. If you didn’t watch, go to YT! Yes they made it look easy. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Shaman |
Success!! And they launched/deployed payload! SUCK IT leftists!  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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Member |
Case-hardened Starship. That was pretty cool. | |||
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Today was a good day. Listening before launch and they didn't plan on recovering the booster or Starship. Tiles in critical locations where removed and the ship was overstressed to collect data. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
I’m disappointed that all of the articles I’m finding seem to be focusing on what went wrong in the past rather than what went right this time. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
OLD THREAD ALERT SpaceX Shares Set To Open 29% Above IPO Price In Blockbuster Debut Summary: SpaceX IPO Shares To Trade 29% Higher Than IPO Price Liftoff: SpaceX Gray-Market Trading Signals 35% IPO Pop North of $140 per share, Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire .... Indications right now show $168 per share. https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...g-signals-35-ipo-pop And, for the alternative view of the stock: SpaceX IPO: Nice Try Though " 'spreading the light of consciousness to the stars' appears ten times in the document, which suggests it wasn't a typo" --- savage “Space exploration is just a tougher business than breakfast” "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Loves His Wife |
$172 and climbing. As I understand it brokerages firms are penalizing for selling off too soon, some requiring you hang on to it for 2 weeks or more. I am not BIPOLAR. I don't even like bears. | |||
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Ammoholic |
So tempting to just sell and make $35 per share profit in one day..... Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Did you get in on the IPO? If so, your shares may be restricted for at least the first two weeks. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Yes this is the case, sort of… After I successfully registered my interest and got confirmation from Fidelity this am I received another email stating that IF I sold my shares prior to the 15 day moratorium I would be barred from any further IPO opportunities. They went out of their way to say that I could sell if I wanted to but there would be consequences. Luckily for me I plan on keeping my shares and possibly adding more if the price dips before the NASDAQ add it to their index in 2 weeks. Then I think it will take off even if just for a few days! ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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chellim1, that video is eye opening or it should be, but then again, people buy Tesla with a PE of 364. That SpaceX is being fast tracked into the NASDAQ 100 is interesting. I like index funds, but I have to wonder how automatic investments into index funds from pensions and retirement accounts affect the prices of the stocks in those indexes. | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
I read that the IPO’s success has made Musk the world’s first trillionaire. And he achieved that milestone by making things work. Serious about crackers. | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
I may be a sucker, but I got in for $10K @ $165/share. Will see what happens long term. What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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I was fortunate to get in at the IPO price ($135) but I look at this as a long-term investment. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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