From Boobberg: Deal implies premium to $150 billion valuation this summer Terms, including size, not yet finalized and could change SpaceX dominates the market for commercial space launch services with its Falcon rockets. Photographer: Red Huber/Getty Images By Gillian Tan, Katie Roof, and Edward Ludlow December 6, 2023 at 5:58 PM EST Updated on December 6, 2023 at 6:54[…]
From New Atlas: NASA has given the okay to its long-delayed US$985 million Psyche deep-space mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid, also called Psyche, that may be worth as much as $10 quadrillion, or 90 times the world’s entire $110-trillion economy. It’s often difficult to grasp the scale of the universe beyond Earth. Even in[…]
From Bloomberg: SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.Photographer: Alisha Jucevic/Bloomberg By Gillian Tan, Edward Ludlow, and Giles Turner November 15, 2022 at 12:30 PM EST Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks to raise a funding round that values the rocket-launch and satellite company at more than $150 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The transaction being discussed[…]
From Zero Hedge Update (2023ET): The Crew Dragon capsule separated from the second stage, and the Inspiration4 mission is now circling Earth with the first-ever private space crew. Inspiration4 is expected to orbit around Earth for three days at an altitude of 360 miles, or about 150 miles higher than the International Space Station. Here are some[…]
From CNBC: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has widened the scope of the public beta test of its Starlink satellite internet service, saying it is accepting preorders from potential customers. Prospective Starlink users can enter a service address on the company’s website, with preorders available for $99. Some regions show preorder messages that say SpaceX is “targeting coverage[…]
Authored by Mike Brown via Inverse.com Starlink’s beta test is requiring participants to recognize Mars as a “free planet.” It’s an unusual bit of fine print, and the implications go far beyond securing good internet on Earth. SpaceX’s internet connectivity constellation Starlink, which began forming in May 2019, has started inviting interested fans to the[…]