"Making Life Interplanetary"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4112 "Some may focus on the lows, but behind the efforts of Starship – and
other programs like New Glenn, Neutron, Vulcan, Terran, Stoke, etc – is
a massive space economy taking shape: tens of thousands of jobs,
billions in private investment, all aimed at truly opening the last
great frontier.
When these capabilities arrive, they will spearhead a new era of
exploration and discovery – and the lows will become a chapter in a much
longer story."
– Jared Isaacman, Trump NASA Administrator Nominee,
05.28.2025
I saw the news of the latest SpaceX Starship explosion with a complete
lack of surprise a few days ago, and it had me somehow flashing back to
Musk's performance at that post-Inaugural shindig, and his bluster about
putting boots on Mars... and a joyful, iconic moment on the Moon,
waaayyyy back when I was an awestruck kid of 15.
...and given Isaacman's background in — what, some kind of Internet
payment system or some shit — I'm also not surprised at the complete
lack of any mention of science, exploration, the expansion of humanity
into the solar system in his remarks... nahh, fuck that noise; there's
money to be made — once Elon can stop blowing those goddamn things up.
Speaking of blowing up giant rocket-powered dildos, apparently Elon was
supposed to have delivered a company-sponsored TED-ish talk entitled
"The Road To Making Life Interplanetary", but his plans kinda... shall
we say, "blew up in his face":
"...Ahead of the Starship Flight 9 mission, Musk said he would host a
company talk, which was dubbed "The Road to Making Life Multplanetary,"
which he said would be live-streamed. However, that was originally
scheduled before the launch, then shifted to after and now appears to be
off the table for the time being..."
– Will Robinson-Smith, reporting at Spaceflight Now, 05.28.2025
...so, I guess Making Greed Interplanetary will just have to wait, for
now.
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Isaacman quoted in Spaceflight Now, 05.28.2025
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/28/spacex-launches-first-flight-proven-super-heavy-booster-loses-control-of-starship-mid-flight/ "Starship tumbles back to Ocean after reaching a nominal orbit", Moises
Avila, with Issam Ahmed in Washington
South Padre Island, United States (AFP) May 28, 2025
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Starship_megarocket_blows_up_over_Indian_Ocean_in_latest_bumpy_test_999.html "How did Jared Isaacman, billionaire behind first-ever private
spacewalk, make his money?" Tom Sanders at Metro UK, 09.12.2024
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/12/jared-isaacman-billionaire-behind-first-ever-private-spacewalk-21591723/ "No, Elon Musk Did Not Perform a Roman Salute at Trump's Inauguration"
George Liapis at Roman Empire Times, 01.20.2025
https://romanempiretimes.com/no-elon-musk-did-not-perform-a-roman-salute-at-trumps-inauguration/ https://romanempiretimes.com/content/images/size/w2000/format/avif/2025/01/Elon-Musk-using-a-Salute-towards-the-crowd-of-Donald-Trump-s-inauguration--a-move-some-called-Nazi-salute--and-others-Roman-salute.jpg ___________________________________________________________
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