Summer Slum/Elon Musk needs his own thread because he's in every damn thing/positive Elon Musk

Mark Cuban is not too happy with how things are in bluesky

"Bluesky is backfiring. Mark Cuban says the ‘lack of diversity of thought’ is actually pushing users back to X"


https://fortune.com/2025/06/12/bluesky-backfiring-mark-cuban-lack-of-diversity-of-thought-x-users/

 

Suicide pact? One can dream.

 

Are we not talking about Elon anymore because he's been shown the door from DOGE?

In other supergenius news, his spaceship blew up again. This time before the launch. Oh, I meant "rapid unscheduled disassembly." I seem to remember there being some concerns with using pressurized liquid propellant in the past. Hmm.

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-launch-explosion-88b94b223d06b258d3e5a2308b7db2c5

 

I think we were all happy to take a break from him.

I keep running into people in the space industry who are really into the idea of humans on Mars. I don’t get it.

 

Wait.

You mean to tell me that a former government emplo...oh wait an "advisor" is STILL having shit blow up?

Maybe if he actually worked for NASA and didn't go all Operation Chainsaw on them, he'd get a few ideas. They haven't had a disaster since when, 2003?

Oh well. It's his money.

 

We fcked this planet. Why not another?

 

It's the next "frontier" and is similar to European exploration of the globe during the Age of Exploration in the 14th through 17th century. There isn't anywhere on Earth left to explore, so people are looking beyond the Earth and Mars is the only reachable planet for human exploration. Obvious, Venus exists, but it is hot as f**k and would flatten humans if they reached the ground.

 

I think they think they would be getting a slice of those billions and billions that would need to be spent to try to make it happen.

 

Honda is getting into the reusable rocket game. They launched a small version as a test for their technology.



I kind of get Japan wanting something for their own nation, but there's now lots of competition for not a very big market. The only reason SpaceX is launching so much is that they invented their own customer in Starlink.

 

Yeah. They have a financial interest in pushing for it.

 

I think enough countries would be interested in going through Japan for space launches as opposed to:

• US / Elon Musk
• China
• India
• Russia

 

While this is very true, the satellite internet business is getting more competitive. I honestly would not be surprised if one of the reasons why Honda is getting into the relaunchable rocket business is because of a Japanese competitor to Starlink. (or any other non-China Asian country).

 

"Malcom X27"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIpTtnMvC0l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Melon now effectively declaring that he is the arbiter of human history.

 

Not the first time he's praised Mustache Man.

 

I legit think these people consumed too much sci-fi content, whether it be books, TV, movies, or video games. Same with the Lord of the Rings folks. Didn't consume anything different.

I mean, I love Star Wars and the Wing Commander games, but I can at least acknowledge that they're fiction.

 

Everyone knows Luke and Darth Vader. Only a dork knows Darth Nihilus.

 

<nerdtalk> The Planet Eater? What about him? Hey have you heard about Darth Revan?</nerdtalk>

 

I fall interested both categories and without getting too into the weeds, I'll put it this way.

A lot of everything around us is built directly, or indirectly, off the technology needed to get men on the Moon. To say that endeavor pushed us forward and paid for itself is an understatement. A lot of social good came from that. Doing the same with Mars would have the same kind of boon.

 

How about we try setting up shop on the Moon first?

 

This timeline is real. We are living in times of immense change. It will settle down. Happens everytime.