[ExI] Crosspost

[Keith Henson]

[I spent some time last night on this which might interest some of you.]

I am not quite as much of a Musk fan as Howard (Bloom) because I think
space mining and O'Neill cylinders are a better idea than Mars.
However, anything serious in space such as power satellites or space
mining requires low-cost lift, and no doubt Musk (SpaceX) was doing a
great job.  His foray into EV didn't mean as much to me, but I know
people who were totally taken.

Unfortunately, Musk's venture into politics has done enormous damage
to his EV business and I worry about it making such a mess of the US
that it wrecks SpaceX.  I can't blame Musk, the reward people get from
political attention was wired in through a million years of evolution.
Few people can resist it.  Out of the 1000 or more people my wife and
I have known, only 3 or 4 were able to resist.  (O'Neill was not one
of them, ask me the story in private sometime.)

Anyway, I am sure there is a general awareness about the guy who was
deported to the notorious prison in El Salvador and you know of Musk's
DODG.  Friday, using government computers, DODG sent an email to a
second-generation-born-in-the-US lawyer.  She posted it, kicking off
this thread.

 https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lmljpkrdj22h

‪Aaron Reichlin-Melnick‬ ‪@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social‬
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6h
There’s a big thread of baffled people on Reddit trying to figure out
what the emails mean or if they’re real. They include:

- Citizens
- Canadians (living in Canada)
- Green card holders
- DACA recipients

Worth spending a little time on the tread, but the point is that
Musk's association with DODG and this stunt is likely to cause the
kind of damage to SpaceX, including Starlink that happened to Tesla.
Or worse.

 Sigh.

Winner?  Hard to say.  Chinese maybe.


Keith