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☆ A 62-year old engineer alleges he was sidelined at SpaceX over fears that he might 'retire or die'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An engineer alleges he was sidelined at SpaceX over fears he might "retire or die." John Johnson, 62, made the allegations in an essay published on Wednesday on whistleblower site Lioness. John Johnson said he had been the victim of age discrimination at Elon Musk's rocket company in an essay published on Wednesday on the whistleblower website Lioness. In his essay, Johnson wrote that one engineer was asked to shadow him because there were fears he might "retire or die." In his essay Johnson wrote: "As an older white male, I hadn't confronted the impediments to success that many people face—until I started at SpaceX."

☆ Former SpaceX employees file labor-law complaint
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Eight former SpaceX employees filed labor-law complaints, alleging that Elon Musk’s space company unlawfully fired workers after they wrote company management a letter begging them to publicly condemn Musk’s “harmful” behavior on social media. The company, which Musk founded in 2002, is one of the most influential and powerful commercial space companies in the world. SpaceX has nearly 10,000 total employees, according to an NLRB complaint. The same day the letter was sent, Holland-Thielen and four others were fired, according to the NLRB complaint. “It’s shocking that SpaceX appears to believe that its mission of getting humans to Mars justifies turning a blind eye to workers’ basic civil rights,” Burgess said.

☆ Investing in Space: Starship on deck
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Starship prototype #24 conducts a test firing of six of its Raptor engines at the company's facility near Brownsville, Texas on Sept. 8, 2022. CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. The race between SpaceX and NASA to get their monster rockets into space tipped in the government's favor this week, with the Space Launch System (SLS) finally thundering off the launch pad – putting more pressure on Elon Musk's company to get Starship off the ground. Hours before SLS took off, NASA announced an additional Starship award under the lunar Artemis program. It's been more than two years since Musk declared Starship the company's top priority, and he's repeatedly set ambitious goals for the rocket's development.

☆ Want to work for Elon? Musk says he's going to be looking for someone else to run Twitter.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Matt Turner | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk said during testimony over his Tesla pay package that he's going to step back from Twitter over time. The richest person in the world said on Wednesday that he's eventually going to find someone else to run Twitter. "But then I would reduce my time [commitment] to Twitter, I'd find someone else to run Twitter over time." Musk has said previously he doesn't really care about the CEO title, though today he's technically CEO at Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX, although at the latter he's well supported by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell. Much of this "burst of activity" has been narrated by Musk himself via his Twitter feed.

☆ SpaceX shakes up Starship leadership in Texas as push for the rocket's next milestone intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An aerial view of a Starship prototype stacked on a Super Heavy booster at the company's Starbase facility outside of Brownsville, Texas. While Elon Musk earns daily headlines over changes at Twitter, a significant reorganization is underway at his space company's Texas launch facility. The space venture also quietly brought on Omead Afshar, a Texas-based Tesla operations lead, as a vice president of Starship production. SpaceX had hoped to conduct the first orbital Starship launch as early as summer 2021, but delays in progress and regulatory approval have pushed back that timeline. NASA last month said SpaceX most recently told the agency that Starship's first orbital launch could take place as soon as early December.

☆ SpaceX's Starlink users say their dishes have had lucky escapes with bears, bobcats, and floods: PHOTOS
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

When signing up to SpaceX's internet service, users receive a kit which comprises of a WiFi router, a tripod, and a dish which connects to the satellites in orbit. Nina Lyashonok/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe dish, also known as "Dishy," comes as part of the $600 kit, while the standard Starlink subscription lies at $110 per month. SpaceX in November 2021 updated the look of the Starlink dish from a circular shape to a rectangle, making it thinner and lighter than the original model. Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, said in April 2021 the company had reduced the manufacturing cost of each Starlink terminal from $3,000 to $1,500. Despite the high price, Starlink customers were only charged $499 for the kit, she added.

☆ Before he took over and gutted Twitter, Elon Musk was just another college kid hanging out in his dorm room while his girlfriend took candids
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Previously unseen pictures of Elon Musk are being auctioned by his college girlfriend. He and Jennifer Gwynne dated in 1994 and 1995 when he studied at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection of pictures are being sold by Boston-based RR Auction with bids closing on Thursday. Musk and Jennifer Gwynne began dating in the fall of 1994 when they both lived in a dorm at the University of Pennsylvania, according to Boston-based RR Auction. Take a look at the collection, which includes a love note from Musk to Gwynne.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg's old camp counselor just sold the Meta CEO's Little League baseball card for $105,000
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Zuckerberg's Little League baseball card sold for $105,000 on Wednesday evening. Zuckerberg's ex-camp counselor, Allie Tarantino, sold the card at a Comic Connect auction. In August, Zuckerberg posted a photo of the baseball card on Instagram saying it would be an NFT. Tarantino told Market Watch he originally asked an eight-year-old Zuckerberg to sign the card to make him feel like a star. In August, Zuckerberg posted a photo of the baseball card on Instagram announcing that it would soon become an NFT.

☆ Elon Musk says SpaceX has sent 15,000 Starlink internet kits to Ukraine over the past 3 months
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-06 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said SpaceX has delivered 15,000 Starlink kits to Ukraine. It's the first time SpaceX has publicly revealed the number of Starlink kits it has sent to Ukraine. Halfway through the video a slide appears saying "15,000 Starlinks delivered to Ukraine" with a photograph showing Starlink kits laid out in what appears to be a parking lot. It's the first time SpaceX or Musk have publicly announced the number of Starlink kits sent to Ukraine since it activated its broadband service there in late February. SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC in March the company had sent "thousands" of Starlink kits to Ukraine, but did not give a specific number.

☆ SpaceX colaborează cu Google pentru a dezvolta internet prin satelit
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

SpaceX, compania de explorare spațială a lui Elon Musk, va face echipă cu Google pentru a furniza servicii de internet de mare viteză și servicii de calcul la distanță clienților, companiilor și organizațiilor sale, potrivit AFP, citează hotnews.ro. SpaceX este în curs de lansare a serviciului său de internet prin satelit, care ar trebui să permită o conexiune de mare viteză fără a trece prin infrastructuri terestre. „Combinând viteza mare și latența redusă a Starlink cu infrastructura și resursele Google, vom oferi organizațiilor din întreaga lume conexiunea sigură și rapidă pe care o așteaptă”, a declarat Gwynne Shotwell, președinte și director executiv, într-un comunicat. „Suntem mândri să colaborăm cu Google pentru a oferi acest acces întreprinderilor, organizațiilor din sectorul public și multor altor grupuri din întreaga lume”, a adăugat ea. SpaceX și Google se așteaptă ca această nouă ofertă să fie disponibilă în a doua jumătate a anului 2021.

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