I just published Part 3 of Why Promethean Action Is a Step Ahead. Today we discuss the failures of Monetarism and the importance of the Analogue in our Digital World. x.com/StarshipMike/status/20…

I really hope that this works out!

“The Factory Is the Product” open.substack.com/pub/brianl…

Just learned that Russia's Czar Alexander II timed the freeing of the serfs to correspond to Lincoln's inauguration. The manifesto had been finalized about a month earlier but was formally released the day before Lincoln became president. Both men would free millions and Alexander also assisted Lincoln by intervening to prevent direct British military intervention on the side of the slaveholding Confederacy.

WESTINGHOUSE FILED THE DOCUMENT THAT UNLOCKS FLEET-SCALE AP1000 DEPLOYMENT IN THE U.S. What Was Filed • Revision 20 of the AP1000 Design Control Document (DCD) submitted to NRC on March 27, 2026 under 10 CFR Part 52, Appendix D - formally establishing Vogtle Unit 4 as the standard as-built reference plant for all future U.S. AP1000 projects • Westinghouse has requested NRC approval within the 2026 calendar year - the review scope is narrow, focused on confirming incorporation of previously approved safety findings from Vogtle 3 and 4 with no new design changes Why This Matters For Project Finance • A standardized, as-built DCD directly reduces COL amendment risk for sites like William States Lee III (SC) and Turkey Point Units 6 and 7 (FL) - both hold existing combined licenses and require only construction notification under NRC Pathway 1A • For project developers and institutional investors, a validated Vogtle-4 baseline means the next AP1000 buyer is not financing a first-of-a-kind - they are buying a replicated design with a known cost and construction profile • Westinghouse is targeting 10 U.S. AP1000 builds by 2030 under the $80B federal program - DCD Rev 20 approval is the regulatory foundation that makes fleet contracting and long-lead procurement sequencing possible The procurement and supply chain execution layer is where this either works or fails again - standardization on paper means nothing without a disciplined contracting strategy behind it. $CCJ $BAM

Great video of an incredible explosion. It is a reminder of why we have to be so careful in rocketry. But it's much better to blow them up on the ground, than in space.

This will soon become routine. We will soon wonder why we needed drivers.

The FAA ordered SpaceX to complete a full investigation of the problems encountered by the Superheavy booster during the Starship/Superheavy version 3 test flight 12 of May 22nd. We hope that these problems can be quickly solved and that the pace of testing can pick up. The Artemis Project depends upon getting this up and running by next year.

Starlink-equipped buoys provided real-time video streaming in the Indian Ocean during Starship's twelfth flight test

This is a fantastic view of the latest Starship landing in the Indian Ocean.

Can't remember if we've ever gotten this view before, but damn is it cool.

Wow. It really looks pretty darn good! The stainless is even a bit blue-hued from reentry, like a high end exhaust system 😮‍💨 gorgeous!

My favorite photo from yesterday: A powerful sight as the latest iteration of Starship climbs through Texan skies. Captured via a sound-triggered camera, this camera captured the chaotic scene far better than I could from a safe distance. Prints available in the reply.

SpaceX has just launched and deployed ~45 tons to space. This was one of the heaviest payloads since Polyus launched by Energia in 1987 and Skylab launched by Saturn V in 1973!

Great progress! No visible degradation.

Liftoff of Starship!

Starship’s Raptor engines ignite during hot-staging separation