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What is abysmal with the best selling electric cars in the world? > The Tesla Model 3 in 2019 has seen nearly 3 times more sales than the second best selling p

What is abysmal with the best selling electric cars in the world? > The Tesla Model 3 in 2019 has seen nearly 3 times more sales than the second best selling plug-in vehicle (EV) in the world, China’s top selling BAIC EU-Series. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/12/05/tesla-model-3-13-percent-world-ev-sales-2019/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/12/05/tesla-model-3-13-percen... SpaceX has now proven they can reuse first stages repeatedly, when sending spacecraft to orbit. Like no other organisation has done. They have 10 reusable first stages, some which have flown 3-4 times. Hardly abysmal. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/cores#wiki_.2810.29_flightworthy_cores https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceX/wiki/cores#wiki_.2810.29_fli...

minikites 7y ago
I specifically said Tesla was a success. How's Hyperloop coming along? Or Neuralink? Or SolarCity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity#Litigation_and_investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity#Litigation_and_inves...)?
- jacquesm 7y ago
  Those have nothing to do with Starlink.
  - minikites 7y ago
    They have everything to do with Musk's credibility.
    - jacquesm 7y ago
      There is nothing in particular wrong with Musks credibility, not all of his projects pan out, but compared to your average starter-upper he's doing pretty good, against all odds in some cases. The one thing you can rightfully accuse him of is plugging one hole with another but so far he's managed to escape the consequences and being a complete idiot on Twitter. It certainly doesn't help but his track record so far is good and bankable and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Starlink succeeded. If you look at Inmarsat's turnover then you'll see why, and that's with low bandwidth geosynchronous satellites, now imagine that with high bandwidth, low latency LEO. Just that is a game changer for some industries, bringing fast internet to rural areas is going to be a doozy compared to the offshore applications and what that's worth.
      - bjelkeman-again 7y ago
        Inmarsat revenue: US$1,465.2 million (2018) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmarsat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmarsat

minikites 7y ago

I specifically said Tesla was a success. How's Hyperloop coming along? Or Neuralink? Or SolarCity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity#Litigation_and_investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity#Litigation_and_inves...)?

jacquesm 7y ago
Those have nothing to do with Starlink.
- minikites 7y ago
  They have everything to do with Musk's credibility.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    There is nothing in particular wrong with Musks credibility, not all of his projects pan out, but compared to your average starter-upper he's doing pretty good, against all odds in some cases. The one thing you can rightfully accuse him of is plugging one hole with another but so far he's managed to escape the consequences and being a complete idiot on Twitter. It certainly doesn't help but his track record so far is good and bankable and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Starlink succeeded. If you look at Inmarsat's turnover then you'll see why, and that's with low bandwidth geosynchronous satellites, now imagine that with high bandwidth, low latency LEO. Just that is a game changer for some industries, bringing fast internet to rural areas is going to be a doozy compared to the offshore applications and what that's worth.
    - bjelkeman-again 7y ago
      Inmarsat revenue: US$1,465.2 million (2018) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmarsat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmarsat