But now he's also trying to get the indexes to pay for the giant cash fire called X.ai and the far right huddle Twitter too.
I have zero interest in owning anything of either of those companies.
Is that before or after the program achieves profitability?
Yes. The thing that’s going public is almost entirely an AI play.
Starlink has made connectivity cheaper and more available. Earth imaging has made various food production processes more efficient. Weather forecasts have become more accurate.
If you’ve genuinely missed the massive economy that LEO has become, it will be a fun thing to catch up on.
Yeah that's working out great for the average American isn't it (https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/2026-consumer-trust-...)
> Earth imaging has made various food production processes more efficient.
I'm not even going to bother sourcing the fact that food prices have only massively gone up negating any gains in productivity. The average American struggling to buy basics like eggs and meat aren't feasting on more efficient food production.
> Weather forecasts have become more accurate.
I'm sure the growing homeless population is happy to know they can better predict the weather they'll be sleeping in.
This is all totally worth supporting a nazi billionaire
Yeah. It did. My neighbour’s rates went up. He switched to Starlink.
> not even going to bother sourcing the fact that food prices have only massively gone up negating
This is like arguing fertilisers are useless because prices went up.
> homeless population
Not super relevant!
> all totally worth supporting a nazi billionaire
Nobody said that. But it doesn’t mean the benefits go away.
SpaceX’s main customer is Starlink. With that in mind: if Starlink takes over all the ISPs in the world its market value should be comparable to Comcast - $89 Billion.
It has massively improved both. The cost, resolution and frequency of imaging has decreased alongside launch cost.
> if Starlink takes over all the ISPs in the world its market value should be comparable to Comcast - $89 Billion
Why? Comcast isn't "all the ISPs in the world." (And Comcast doesn't get defence contracts to build and maintain military networks.)
Reusing rockets reliably rather than "throwing them away" is a great achievement and I'm surprised people have to justify it on HN
You can milk a cow only a set number of times!
What probability you assign to arrive at that expected value and how you adjust for risk is on you.