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Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., wants Elon Musk to move Tesla's headquarters from Texas to Florida after Democrats swept the Lone Star State in last week's midterm elections, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Reporter. "While socialist politicians in Texas threaten to punish success, Florida is rolling out the red carpet for innovation, investment, and job creation," Giménez told the outlet. In the letter, Giménez asked Musk to "consider relocating its corporate headquarters and expanding its operations from Texas to the free state of Florida, where innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic freedom are celebrated." Texas voters ousted Gov. Greg Abbott,...

oments before President Xi Jinping climbed down the steps of his aircraft to be greeted by Donald Trump, US marines were filmed on their hands and knees smoothing out the red carpet, Chinese officials looking down from the top of the steps. It was an uncomfortable image, ridiculed on social media for the symbolism of kowtowing to the emperor. But it set the tone for a summit which so far has been heavy on pomp and ceremony, rich in platitudes, but with very little in the way of substance. A strong diplomatic case can be made for political fawning –...

When we ask what the Democrats have in store for us over the coming years, one answer is: more assassination attempts. Assassination chic is rampant in popular culture. The murder of Charlie Kirk, in particular, has become a standing joke on the left. Podcasters, comedians and mainstream Democrats find it hilarious. And to my knowledge, not a single Democratic politician has told their troops to tone it down. Because they like the threat of assassination to hang over Republicans. There have been three attempts on President Trump’s life, that we know of. There probably will be more, as the Democrats...

Let's actually explain how thermal balance of spacecraft works, and how we'd need to configure a spacecraft to eliminate the heat that's produced by computer equipment crunching numbers in a space data center. This is all very rough, and I overestimated the size of the starlink V3, but it's still in the ballpark. Real designers of course can't just use 'in the ballpark'. Is It Really Impossible To Cool A Datacenter In Space? | 24:29 Scott Manley | 1.87M subscribers | 1,073,338 views | March 18, 2026

SpaceX's New Starship Reveal Is Incredible in the "Go For Orbit" documentary! From Raptor engine manufacturing and McGregor testing to reused heat shield tiles and the decision to continue into orbit, there's plenty to explore. Meanwhile, Starship Flight 15 preparations continue at Starbase, with Booster 22 and Ship 42 awaiting their next steps toward a potential double catch attempt using the launch tower's chopsticks, pending FAA approval. Blue Origin reveals its Northstar rocket engine and New Glenn GS3 third stage, while Rocket Lab advances Neutron testing and approaches Electron's 100th launch. Plus, NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft head toward Mars, CHAPEA...

NASA announced Saturday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and six other aerospace companies are eligible to compete for up to $10 billion in lunar delivery contracts as the agency advances plans to establish a permanent base on the moon. The announcement, made at the MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, expands NASA’s commercial lunar program, bringing together private companies to deliver scientific equipment, technology and infrastructure to the moon’s south pole. The new Commercial Lunar Payload Services framework has a maximum combined value of $10 billion over 10 years, with...

Musk has big plans for Tesla and SpaceX in the Lone Star State, and now faces a blue wall of oppositionElon Musk made a $225 million bet on Texas. Now, a new wave of Democratic leaders has the power to stall his projects. Musk-run companies like SpaceX SPCX 8.62%increase; up pointing triangle and Tesla TSLA 4.23%increase; up pointing triangle have flourished in the state thanks to white-glove treatment from elected officials—mainly Republicans—including tax incentives, infrastructure benefits, and legislation that makes it difficult to sue his companies. That is about to change, Texas Democrats who spoke to The Wall Street Journal...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are calling for an investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), previously led by Elon Musk, as talks have heated up among Democrats to launch a probe into the multibillionaire. "I had no specific plan," Raskin told Fox News Digital about the potential investigations. "Look … DOGE was a catastrophe for America, and at least one committee, I feel pretty certain, will investigate it. It needs to investigate it." -snip The tech CEO helped launch DOGE at the start of President Donald Trump's second term to root out waste...

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa told reporters Thursday that she had requested a postponement of any action on the potential sale of Boca Chica State Park to Elon Musk’s SpaceX until after she takes office in January. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was slated to discuss the possible sale of the state park to SpaceX on Thursday. Texas Monthly first reported on the proposed deal last month. However, the agenda item was removed at Hinojosa’s request, she said. “It’s such an important resource,” Hinojosa said of the state park. “The Valley is so important to me as the place I am...

Tesla’s most revolutionary product didn’t even last a decade. On Friday, in the middle of the night Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on X.com that Tesla Cybertruck production will stop in the middle of 2027. The reason? According to Musk it’s to make room for Cybercab production. Musk make the announcement on X.com, which was formerly Twitter before he bought the platform in a hostile takeover, at 12:30 am on Friday. The executive has since posted nine times on X effectively burying the post, though it’s currently trending on the platform he owns. The quiet part out loud: The Cybertruck...

In this week's Avid Space Industry Update, Blue Origin makes major strides in bringing LC-36 back online while ULA prepares to launch its first batch of Amazon LEO satellites and Rocket Lab continues its push to bring Neutron into service. Building, Testing, Flying - Weekly Spaceflight News | 7:29 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 2,165 views | November 5, 2026

The launches include Starlink of Vandenberg, including the 700th Falcon 9 overall on the 31st, plus a couple of Electrons from Mahia and a run of Chinese vehicles. Galactic Energy put the first pathfinder for a low-inclination remote-sensing constellation up on a Ceres-1S from an offshore barge, while CAS Space flew the second Kinetica-2 (the liquid RP-1/LOX tri-core version) with another batch of Qianfan satellites. ISRO’s GSLV got NVS-03 into geosynchronous transfer orbit after the previous one’s failure, and Rocket Lab’s 99th Electron carried an iQPS SAR bird. On the bigger picture side, NASA laid out the Artemis Acceleration plan...

That didn't take long. Democrats had barely clinched Congress last night when their supporters were calling for the execution of Elon Musk for being a "traitor to the west." affordability? "We've begun believing through this ridiculous, unhealthy, and dangerous idolatry of innovators that they get to live by an entirely different standard," Galloway said. "Elon Musk is a traitor to the West." "We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall," he continued. "This is a traitor to the West, and he should be held to the same standards as every other traitor in the West." And the crowd applauded. This...

Elon Musk’s political gamble is turning into a costly Wall Street headache. Tesla and SpaceX shares plunged nearly 6% in Wednesday’s premarket trading after Democrats swept control of Congress and won major victories in Texas, where Musk has concentrated much of his business empire. The selloff came as broader U.S. stock-market futures recovered from an overnight election shock and turned positive. At their reported premarket lows, Tesla and SpaceX had lost approximately $200 billion in combined market value, although those losses were subject to change when regular trading began.Read Economics Musk spent at least $446 million supporting Republican candidates and...

Ship 42 has fired its engines for the last time on the ground, and Elon Musk just made a promise about it that no Starship has ever kept. The FAA moved Flight 15. SpaceX hasn't said a date. We did, last episode, and the new one doesn't match ours. Musk also posted a launch number for Louisiana that makes the FAA's biggest Starbase plan look small. NASA stacked the Artemis III core stage and said who flies first. And ULA’s Vulcan rocket has a date you'll want to hear. So, when does Flight 15 fly? SpaceX's Starship 42 Fired Its...

The data covers January 22 through October 18, 2026, and includes both retrofitted Model Y robotaxis and purpose-built Cybercabs. Tesla now has more than 300 Cybercabs in Austin, with Dallas next in line. Tesla lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix, and San Antonio as coming soon. Phoenix and Las Vegas aren't surprises. Tesla has been staging for a Robotaxi launch in Phoenix for months, and Las Vegas has been on the roadmap since early this year. Jacksonville and San Antonio are new additions... Update: On the Earnings Call, Tesla shared that it's launching Unsupervised Cybercab rides in Dallas, Texas next month....

With Ship 42 and Booster 22 in the final process flow ahead of launch, the ships and boosters for flights 15 and 16 are moving ahead for a needed ramp up in launch rates. Construction is also winding down on the Giga Bay, and work is just getting started on an expansion at the Massey Outpost.Flight 15 Vehicles Tested Ahead of November Launch! | 9:03 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 11,929 views | November 1, 2026

Tuesday November 3, 2026 is election day, and sad to say, there is a better than 50% chance that it will be the last real election ever held in the United States. Democratic Party officials have been very clear about what they will do if they gain power tomorrow, packing the Supreme Court to guarantee all decisions will support their agenda, adding DC and Puerto Rico as states as well as open the borders and make all illegal immigrants legal voters in order to cement their majority, and then with that power to go after Republican politicians and ordinary staffers...

Just in time for Halloween in the eastern United States, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 31, 2026, at 12:04 a.m. EDT (9:04 p.m. PDT - Oct. 30). [Full Story] The mission marked SpaceX's 118th Falcon 9 launch of the year, with the rocket's first-stage booster completing another successful landing aboard the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX Halloween Blastoff! 🎃🚀 Launches Starlink satellites from California, nails landing | 9:12 VideoFromSpace | 2.17M subscribers |...

Elon Musk posted 102 times on X today (10/31/26) | 36:05 Jacob & Isaac | 48.1K subscribers | 19,078 views | October 31, 2026