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Have you watched a Starship launch? The more I understand the incredible feats of engineering they are performing the more bullish I become.

by Dig1t 4mo ago

newaccountman2 4mo ago
It doesn't make money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6YzlY_8tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6YzlY_8tM
- Dig1t 4mo ago
  Starship is still in development. Do you think the next generation of the iPhone is a waste of time because it doesn't make money yet? The stock price reflects the potential of the business in the future as well as its current concrete value.
- tonyhart7 4mo ago
  "It doesn't make money." if that's the reason, why people invest in amazon then since Amazon literally need 20 years for that company to be profitable because they are not targeting dividend that's why, they expect the exponential growth by re-investing profit to grow the business at scale we literally live in YC subs where (almost)every startup isn't profitable either but VC still invest, I wonder why you write this
tastyface 4mo ago
Starship and anything space related is like 5% of the valuation.
TrackerFF 4mo ago
Space X is first and foremost being valued on their AI data centers.
- iancmceachern 4mo ago
  Which make no physics sense
  - yubblegum 4mo ago
    Once the rich move up to orbit it will make perfect sense.
    - kamaal 4mo ago
      This. The real profits will eventually come from selling a McMansion on Elysium.
  - Dig1t 4mo ago
    Scott Manley has a great video breaking down the physics and it absolutely works: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80
    - iancmceachern 4mo ago
      I am a mechanical engineer, I have a multi decade career doing exactly these kinds of thermal analysis. This video is basically saying that cooking data centers in space is possible. It is. The question is if it's better, in any way, to putting them on earth. It isn't. The common misconception I see is that people think that space is cold like Antarctica is cold. It isn't. Antarctica is cold because there is lots of matter, very cold. Space is cold because there is no matter. No matter to put the heat into and take it away. It's the same reason that a hard boiled egg takes minutes to cook in water, but 30 to cook in the oven. Now put it in a vacuum insulated thermos and see how long it takes to cook. Radiation is the weakest of the three heat transfer modes. So much so that in engineering school we often cross it off as negligible compared to the other two (convection and conduction). Do the heat transfer math yourself, let us know what you find. One of the comments on the YouTube video you linked says it best. " The only reason to do this is if you have a company who's business is to get things into space".
      - 4mo ago
reaperducer 4mo ago
The more I understand the incredible feats of engineering they are performing the more bullish I become. You know he's not going to sleep with you, right?

Have you watched a Starship launch? The more I understand the incredible feats of engineering they are performing the more bullish I become.

by Dig1t 4mo ago

Have you watched a Starship launch? The more I understand the incredible feats of engineering they are performing the more bullish I become.

newaccountman2 4mo ago

It doesn't make money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6YzlY_8tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X6YzlY_8tM

Dig1t 4mo ago
Starship is still in development. Do you think the next generation of the iPhone is a waste of time because it doesn't make money yet? The stock price reflects the potential of the business in the future as well as its current concrete value.
tonyhart7 4mo ago
"It doesn't make money." if that's the reason, why people invest in amazon then since Amazon literally need 20 years for that company to be profitable because they are not targeting dividend that's why, they expect the exponential growth by re-investing profit to grow the business at scale we literally live in YC subs where (almost)every startup isn't profitable either but VC still invest, I wonder why you write this

tastyface 4mo ago

Starship and anything space related is like 5% of the valuation.

TrackerFF 4mo ago

Space X is first and foremost being valued on their AI data centers.

iancmceachern 4mo ago
Which make no physics sense
- yubblegum 4mo ago
  Once the rich move up to orbit it will make perfect sense.
  - kamaal 4mo ago
    This. The real profits will eventually come from selling a McMansion on Elysium.
- Dig1t 4mo ago
  Scott Manley has a great video breaking down the physics and it absolutely works: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80
  - iancmceachern 4mo ago
    I am a mechanical engineer, I have a multi decade career doing exactly these kinds of thermal analysis. This video is basically saying that cooking data centers in space is possible. It is. The question is if it's better, in any way, to putting them on earth. It isn't. The common misconception I see is that people think that space is cold like Antarctica is cold. It isn't. Antarctica is cold because there is lots of matter, very cold. Space is cold because there is no matter. No matter to put the heat into and take it away. It's the same reason that a hard boiled egg takes minutes to cook in water, but 30 to cook in the oven. Now put it in a vacuum insulated thermos and see how long it takes to cook. Radiation is the weakest of the three heat transfer modes. So much so that in engineering school we often cross it off as negligible compared to the other two (convection and conduction). Do the heat transfer math yourself, let us know what you find. One of the comments on the YouTube video you linked says it best. " The only reason to do this is if you have a company who's business is to get things into space".
    - 4mo ago

reaperducer 4mo ago

The more I understand the incredible feats of engineering they are performing the more bullish I become. You know he's not going to sleep with you, right?