Loving the ref cam for these World Cup matches

Clever

> you’ll never start a rocket company > you’ll never build your own engines > you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts > you’ll never survive three launch failures > you’ll never reach orbit > you’ll never win NASA’s trust > you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS > you’ll never compete with Boeing > you’ll never compete with Lockheed > you’ll never make rockets reusable > you’ll never land a rocket vertically > you’ll never land one on a drone ship > you’ll never reuse a booster > you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times > you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times > you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing > you’ll never lower launch costs > you’ll never launch every month > you’ll never launch every week > you’ll never launch multiple times a week > you’ll never carry astronauts > you’ll never replace Roscosmos > you’ll never fly civilians to orbit > you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale > you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever > you’ll never make satellite internet work > you’ll never make satellite internet fast > you’ll never make satellite internet affordable > you’ll never serve rural customers > you’ll never serve aircraft and ships > you’ll never build a methane rocket engine > you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work > you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever > you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V > you’ll never build it out of stainless steel > you’ll never launch Starship > you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship > you’ll never relight Raptor in space > you’ll never bring Super Heavy back > you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms > you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide > you’ll never change the economics of space > you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you > you’ll never win > you’ll never IPO   Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.   Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.

Excited to be in Detroit for @reindsummit. Hit me up if you wanna chat or attend our 100th anniversary night cap we’re hosting

Clever

Very cool open role on our team at Teague; looking for a strong UX Director to join linkedin.com/jobs/view/44171… #design #hiring

Tyler and I just published a list of the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants: newaesthetics.art/grants. Thank you very much to all who applied. There were far more applications than we expected. We funded 28 grantees and are excited to see what they create. My reflections on the whole thing: • Though there are clearly selection dynamics afoot, figuring out some route beyond the current aesthetic moment seems to be of wider interest in the art community than I would have guessed. Many applicants described their dissatisfaction with the status quo, some in strong terms. We had to close applications after a few weeks because there were so many. • It's too early to call it, but it seems that both beauty as an unapologetic goal (contra much that is in modernist and contemporary approaches), and ways to channel pre-modern styles into something new for the present era, are of growing interest. • The awards made me reflect on the perhaps obvious issue of how hard it must be for an artist to persistently do something new: schools, galleries, buyers, etc., all have structurally embedded preferences as well. These individual awards made me wonder what form supporting new clusters could take. • Architecture seems to me like the discipline most ripe for new ideas. One correspondent observed: "American architects are somewhat constrained by the association with the academy, in addition to the well known regulation issues. There is a tendency to overthink things so that the designs are formally interesting to someone deep in the conversation, but lacking poetry and magic. There are more firms in Europe, South America and beyond that “just do things” (especially in places where it is easier to build)." This was evident in the submissions. • AI seems to be making people rethink things in a quite fundamental way, just as urbanization/industrialization/popularization of photography did at the end of the 19th century. For some that will mean interesting new forms of AI-augmented art, but the effects of the rethinking will likely be wider. • Arts funding is clearly as precarious and scarce as ever. That's unfortunate, but it probably also means that individual actors can have meaningful impact, and I encourage others to get involved if interested. • There's a lot to know that is not written down, and I'm very grateful to those who have helped and advised me along the way.

Liftoff of Starship on its twelfth flight test

The next chapter of lunar exploration is taking shape. Next week, we are announcing our first steps towards surface capabilities and mobility. Preparation for the first Moon Base is well underway.

Prometheus and Christ - by Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski hommepresse.substack.com/p/p…

I'm hiring a new position on my Growth team to help expand our work in defense tech - an incredible role with a team firing on all cylinders job-boards.greenhouse.io/tea… #hiring #design #defensetech

Lovely launch video - nicely done @ndrewpignanelli

So cool.

Objection - The AI Tribunal of Truth objection.ai/

Good for Rory

Casually waking up to two of the hardest photos ever taken

I believe in Americans. I've seen what my people can do.

Some observations from @HillValleyForum yesterday: - It takes three to tango for hardtech/deeptech. Builders Investors PolicyMakers. All 3 were out in full force. - The speaker lineup was top-tier. It's indicative of the great job that @zebulgar @CGarrett_15 @jacobhelberg have done but also to the fact that there is: - Insane energy around hardtech deeptech. Drones, Energy, Robotics, Atoms Bits. - This energy is infectious...but oddly not very Silicon Valley / Bay Area pilled. It's in a bunch of disparate places around the US. I think this is a good thing. - The support from Washington / the political class is very real. This was awesome to see. Every single congressman senator that I interacted with wanted to be part of building something amazing. Having folks like @sriramk in DC helps a lot. - @shaunmmaguire captured this in his interview with TBPN yesterday but I think the interesting aspect of moving from bits to atoms bits is that you also diversity your sources of capital. Lots of interesting conversations with investors who are far from traditional venture. Super optimistic for 🇺🇸. We have a lot to do but things are going in the right direction.

In case you want to relive the epic Terafab intro over and over again. “In order to understand the universe you must explore the universe” - Elon Musk