Prof. Sam Lawler1d ago

Any journalists want to write an article about all the environmental costs of the more than 10,000 Starlinks that are now in orbit? All I'm seeing are breathless articles mindlessly worshiping That Awful Billionaire for crossing the 10,000 satellite mark.

Every single one of those will come down in an uncontrolled reentry. That's a lot of metal in the atmosphere, and a lot of dice-rolling to see if any more pieces will make it to the ground.

SpaceX is truly awful.

Show threadSimon Elvery1d ago
@sundogplanets Yes, I would love to. It's on my to do list.
Show threadJeff Craig1d ago
@simon @sundogplanets IPO on June 9. Gotta get all the material out to ensure this is a massive flop by then.
Show threadLegit_Spaghetti1d ago
@foxxtrot @simon @sundogplanets That's a really good insight. If enough people raise hell and the IPO crashes and burns (much like their stupid satellites), that would be a DELIGHTFUL way to end this nonsense.
Show threadJeff Craig
@Legit_Spaghetti Sadly, I suspect there are enough Marks, hoodwinked by Musk, that the IPO won't be a *complete* disaster (though their projected valuation is outright lunacy), but here's hoping it's a flop that destroys the Cult of Musk forever.
Mar 16 at 3:28amWeb
Show threadmtnrbq651d ago

@foxxtrot @Legit_Spaghetti
An interesting video on this:
https://youtu.be/8rS3fTbC7TE?si=D646-604YSfluhuv

Tldw: changes to SEC listing rules could make all index tracking funds have to purchase SpaceX shares at insane valuation

SpaceX IPO Scandal

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