Beam42 OriginalSpaceX· 2 min read
Elon: reliable weekly Starship cadence would mean winding down Falcon
Elon: once Starship flies reliably several times per week, shift scarce resources to Starship for multi-per-day rate, winding down Falcon.
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SpaceX: Flight 14 ship completes 60s six-Raptor static fire
SpaceX: Flight 14 Starship finished a full-duration 60s static fire with all six Raptors, past the Aug 20 single-engine deorbit demo.
Beam42 OriginalSpaceX· 2 min read
SpaceX: Starship guided off Christmas Island after ~24 days at sea
SpaceX says recovery teams guided a Starship vehicle just off Christmas Island after about 24 days at sea. Engineers will inspect it in calmer water before trying to return the ship to Starbase.
Beam42 OriginalxAI· 3 min read
xAI ships Grok 4.6; Elon flags 4.7 and SpaceX training data
Grok 4.6 is live Aug 12 in Build, Cursor, Bot, and API at the same price as 4.5. Elon calls it top on intelligence, speed, and cost; sketches 4.7 next.
Beam42 OriginalSpaceX· 3 min read
SpaceX all-hands: AI revenue to lead by September, 10 GW path
Elon to staff on published video: 1.4 GW now, 10 GW by end-2027, $300-500B/yr at $30-50/W; AI ~99% of value in ~5 years.
Beam42 OriginalSpaceX· 2 min read
Starlink: free service through Sept 12 after Colombia quake
Starlink is giving free service through September 12 to customers in earthquake-hit parts of Colombia and deploying terminals for emergency response.
Beam42 OriginalxAI· 4 min read
Grok Imagine Image 2.0: Quality Mode live on web and apps
xAI GA on grok.com/imagine and Grok apps. Free limited tries; Image 2.0 API coming soon.
Beam42 OriginalTeslaSpaceX· 3 min read
Tesla: first Cybercab with factory Starlink integration
Tesla Robotaxi posts photos of a gold Cybercab at Giga Texas with a roof Starlink antenna. Elon says all cars will have Starlink for vehicle bandwidth.
Beam42 OriginalTesla· 4 min read
Tesla: FSD Supervised can drive over 25,000 miles hands-free
Tesla on X: FSD Supervised can drive you for over 25,000 miles without touching the wheel, amplifying the first owner streak past an Earth-lap mark.
Beam42 OriginalSpaceX· 2 min read
Elon: Starlink constellation may exceed 100k including direct-to-cell
Elon says he expects the full Starlink constellation, including direct-to-cell, to pass 100,000 satellites, with future sats possibly more than 50x V2 throughput.
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