Charlie StrossFeb 1

Because a LOT of people are missing the point:

No, Elon Musk is NOT serious about putting a million data centres into orbit. It can't work: laws of physics say "nope".

But SpaceX is expected to go public this year.

Elon is talking up his company's future prospects in front of gullible investors because he needs a growth narrative beyond Starlink, which is already priced in. Something to justify the Starship proram beyond NASA's lunar ambitions.

So it's salesman's bullshit, lies for fools.

Show threadTaran Rampersad

@cstross it's the 'put it in a box and sell it' paradigm, where neither the box nor what goes in it can exist.

He, like the 🍊, depend on the masses who lack learning. Not education: learning.

In the most Twainish of ways.

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