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SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it
(arstechnica.com)
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I would hope that if SpaceX collapses, the employees would find their way to other organizations with a similar dream.
SpaceX would still have served a purpose. Without it, there probably wouldn't be a Neutron, Nova, or Zhuque-3, or an Inspiration4, Fram2, or Axiom.
I mean, sure, you're not wrong. It's just that you see the glass half full while I see it half empty haha. You see the gain, I see the loss.
It just didn't have to end this way. And it still kills the dream of seeing humans on Mars within the next ten years. Now, I'm thinking I won't see such a thing in my lifetime. No one is going to try to do it in the foreseeable future, except maybe the Chinese in a few decades if they really set it as their next goal.
Honestly former SpaceX employee startups are really cool even if the old company has a egomaniac ball and chain holding that place back