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12th of September, 2024

"If you can’t smell your WiFi, how do you know it’s real?" - Elon on STINKY the Starlink dish.

■ TESLA $TSLA ($229.81, 0.74%):

- Last year at the CloudWorld Conference, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison showed us a specifically-configured Tesla Cybertruck for law enforcement. Per Larry, "Our next-generation police car is coming out very soon. It's my favorite police car. It's my favorite car actually; it's Elon's favorite car." Well, here it is. If you go to this years CloudWorld, happening right now, you can see their Oracle Cloud powered Police Cybertruck.

- Ralph Lauren’s newest edition to their luxury fleet; a custom Tesla Model Y.

- Tesla reduced the color choices for Cybertruck wraps from 11 to 3. It is only available in Satin Rose Gold, Satin Stealth Black, and Satin Ceramic White. They no longer offer wrap service in Texas. I assume this was due to a lack of demand for the service. Most wraps I have seen, other than black and white, are highly customized.

- Tesla is at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. On display is a Quicksilver Model Y, Cybertruck, and Optimus. They are there starting today thru the 16th located at booth E3-08.

- Tesla Thailand's Consumer Engagement Manager Chayanin Prasertsuk in Chiang Mai doing there first showcase of Cybertruck, a Model 3, and Y. "This moment highlights our strong commitment to expanding Tesla 's presence and driving the transition to sustainable energy across Thailand."

- For Housekeeping and Associate Appreciation Week, the Residence Inn Marriott in Chatsworth and Tesla Agoura Hills / Malibu brought a Cybertruck, Model Y, and 3 to experience.

FLYOVERS:

• Fremont Factory: MetGod, 12th of September, '24. Early morning flyover. Crews are getting started. Cars are moving to the outbound lot. Lost of castings staged.

■ SPACEX:

- Today was the day! SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn team executed the first commercial spacewalk. Commander Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) and SpaceX's own Mission Specialist Sara Gillis (@Gillis_SarahE) had the honor of testing the new EVA suits. The first test focused on using a single hand to control body movement. The spacewalkers evaluated their ability to move in all directions, hold a single position for 10-15 seconds, and hold position while the other arm is simulated tool use.

The second test assessed the crew’s ability to move up and down Skywalker, the rail system outside the hatch. Both astronauts used the horizontal and vertical bars and gauged their maximum reach.

The third test evaluated using a foot restraint. Jared and Sarah gauged the difficulty of getting in and out of the restraint, how easily they moved their body, the ease with which they could maintain position while hands free or using tools, and lastly, recovery from a single foot disengaging.

During the spacewalk Pilot Kidd Poteet (@KiddPoteet) and SpaceX's own Mission Specialist Anna Menon (@annawmenon) were monitoring the situation inside Dragon Resilience.

- While the spacewalk was taking place, launch 92 of Falcon 9 BlueBird Block 1 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was the 13th flight for the booster. It previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and nine Starlink missions. The booster landed at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

This was the first batch containing 5 commercial satellites in SpaceMobile's cellphone-compatible broadband constellation. They will provide connectivity for smartphones outside cellular coverage in partnership with mobile network operators (MNOs). All 5 BLueBirds were deployed.

- Polaris Dawn Day 2: Mission Specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon have traveled the further from Earth than any women in history. The crew also spent a few hours demonstrating the suit’s pressurized mobility, verifying positions and accessibility in microgravity along with preparing the cabin for the EVA.

The crew focused on monitoring initial changes to eyesight and ocular health, studying how fluid shifts and exposure to microgravity affect blood flow, and assessed how medications are processed by the body while on-orbit.

The entire crew met with representatives from Folds of Honor — an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service-members and first responders.

Anna then read her book, Kisses from Space, to a group of St. Jude patients and her family, followed by a Q&A session. Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East joined the crew via video transmission to host the book reading.

- On September 10th, the House Science Committee held a Space Subcommittee hearing with Kelvin Coleman of the FAA. Part 450 was the focus, a set of commercial launch and reentry regulations set by the FAA intended to streamline the licensing process. It is currently hindering the launch of Starship IFT-5. This was a non-partisan hearing as both Republicans and Democrats agreed that the FAA needs to quickly change and adjust to the new pace of technological advancements. Video of R-Georgia Rep Richard McCormick.

Per R-Texas Rep Brian Babin chairman of the subcommittee, "License processing under the new Part 450 process is moving at a snail’s pace. I fear at this rate the Communist Party will launch taikonauts to the moon while U.S. industry remains tethered to Earth with red tape."

Per D-Michigan Rep Haley Stevens, "We are in a bureaucratic soup. We know we’re not getting to the moon unless we get some commercial spacecraft. So something’s not working here."

Countdown to 144 (89 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

• Launch 93! Thursday, 12thof September, at 6:45 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-6 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.

• Launch 94! Sunday, 15th of September, at 6:57 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems. The booster will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- The Boring Company posted this pic yesterday of their 15th tunnel. Not sure if this is the Cyber-Tunnel or the newest on for the Vegas LOOP.

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- These two photos were sent from the Polaris Dawn Crew today from the SpaceX Dragon Resilience over a Starlink laser beam.

- Starlink is now available on the Cook Islands.

- Per FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC), "2023 FCC: Claims that Starlink is not capable of providing high-speed Internet to thousands of people as the reason for revoking an $885M award to the company.

2024 FCC: Claims that Starlink provides so much high-speed Internet that the word monopoly should be tossed out there."

■ X:

- You will soon be able to format your text (Bold/Italic) on X for iOS.

- X is working on a search feature for the posts in the Communities.

■ xAI: N/A...

■ ELON NEWS: N/A...

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SOURCES:

FLYOVERS:

• Fremont Factory: Met God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgO1C8NNHzQ

Tesla:

• https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-slashes-number-of-cybertruck-wrap-options-cuts-availability-in-texas/

SpaceX:

• Polaris Dawn Spacewalk https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834154037606056327

• Falcon 9 BlueBird Block 1 https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834149741481046421