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ELON CHRON: Your 24hr Musk Companies Update (Patreon)

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27th of May, 2025

"Kardashev 1 or you’re not even trying..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA $TSLA ($362.89, +6.94%):

- "America's truck. Now on top of America's mountain." This is such a beautiful shot by Stephen Kneubuehl (@kneubuehl).

- I went to the Brookshire Megafactory build site this past weekend and man are moving fast. Was not expecting so much steel in the area. Remember that the existing DC is going to be the factory. This area is going to be the distribution area. Thanks for the shoutout Now You Know!

- Jalisco, Mexico, Police Department has added three Cybertrucks to its fleet as part of a security strategy for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. They will host 13 matches in Guadalajara and expect over 5 million visitors. The Cybertrucks join 678 new patrol vehicles, including "Black Mambas" (armored tanks), to enhance safety and project a modern image.

- Great thread of what could be the refresh Model X by Techie Dani (@techiedani).

- Tesla's 1.99% APR promotion for the new Model Y is ending on the 16th of June in the U.S.

- Tesla is sending out app notifications in the U.S. inviting people for 48-hour test drives of any Tesla. You can go directly online and signup for the new Model Y and 3 without an invite.

- Pics at the Shanghai Megafactory when Bekaert announced they would use their Dramix steel fibers for reinforcement.

- Tesla China has ensured 25,200 vehicles so far for May.

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

  • Lithium Refinery: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 27th of May, '25. On his way to Starbase, Joe made his routine stop at the Lithium Refinery in Robstown. Lots of progress as the site grows. Subscribe to Joe and support his work!

  • Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 26th of May, '25. Semi and Megacharger spotted at the End of Line! Many of us have been waiting, I know I have, for Tesla to put this vertical integration to work at Giga Texas. Soon we will see Tesla Semis delivery Teslas to the RCR Taylor, TX, Railyard!

Per Tesla Semi Lead Dan Priestley (@danWpriestley) on why there is not a pull through charger, "Charging configuration varies by site and operation. Bobtail (w/o trailer) charging often is best for sites where the truck is domiciled and charging between shifts. Pull through for on road charging or where tractor and trailer stay married."

  • Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 23rd of May, '25. Progress on both the stamping extension and Megachargers. Loving the Main Entrance! Subscribe to Zane and support his work!

  • Nevada Semi Pilot Production Facility: Zanegler, 23rd of May, '25. Component parts seen on the outside of the building plus a few Semis.

  • Fremont Factory: MetGod, 22nd of May, '25. Production steady, Starlink Gateway complete, and lots of castings.

■ SPACEX:

- Get Locked In! - Starship is stacked and ready! Both transport stands have returned to the production site. The Hannah Ray fast supply ship has left Port Isabel, near Starbase, and deployed into the Gulf of America to support Super Heavy Booster 14.2's splashdown operation. Pic from today of Flight 9 and a rainbow by John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos).

- Flight 9 live stream starts at 6 p.m. CT. Elon's presentation on Making Life Multiplanetary will begin after the test flight. I will reposts the presentation once active.

- Earlier today, launch 65 of Falcon 9 Starlink 17-1 took place from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 13th flight for first stage booster B1082. It previously launched USSF-62, OneWeb Launch 20, NROL-145, and nine Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 24 Starlinks were deployed.

- On Saturday, launch 64 of Falcon 9 Starlink 12-22 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This was the 24th flight for first stage booster B1096. It previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and 18 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. 23 Starlinks were deployed, including 13 Direct-to-Cell.

- On Friday, launch 63 of Falcon 9 Starlink 11-16 took place from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 18th flight for first stage booster B1075. It previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, Transporter-11, and 14 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 27 Starlinks were deployed. This was Falcon's 450th landing!

- Cargo Dragon C209 of the CRS-32 mission departed from the International Space Station Friday with nearly 6,700 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and equipment including MISSE-20 (Multipurpose International Space Station Experiment), Astrobee-REACCH (Responsive Engaging Arms for Captive Care and Handling), Books from the Story Time from Space project, and OPTICA (Onboard Programmable Technology for Image Compression and Analysis). Dragon splashed down on Saturday off the southern coast of California near Oceanside.

The parachutes used on CRS-32 were the first built entirely in-house by SpaceX. "Tested earlier this year, they include key data-driven upgrades such as stronger joints and ribbons and a re-positioned pack for smoother deployment and inflation."

- High Bay is no more! Giga Bay incoming!

- Though no official announcement, it is being said that Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders (@KathyLueders) is no longer with SpaceX.

- Last Thursday, the Highland Park High School robotics team, led by coach Kevin Morrison, visited Starbase where they toured rocket production areas, observed testing of Starship 35, and met with SpaceX engineers, including 2015 HPHS graduate Alex Stephens, who discussed prototyping and testing processes.

- Per Elon on heat tiles, "We need a heat shield that can handle Mars atmospheric entry conditions with a heavy payload, so the ballistic coefficient will necessarily be high. No one has ever made a truly reusable orbital heat shield, so this is an extremely tough problem. The Shuttle’s shields required extensive rework between flights. It will take many more design iterations for SpaceX to make the shield work well. We had to build the entire supply chain from glass and alumina to finished tiles, which is why the SpaceX heat shield factory at the Cape is shockingly enormous.

The angle of attack is significantly different during ascent, hypersonic flight and subsonic flight, so it is hard to overlap tiles consistent with the direction of air flow. Also, super hot plasma water-falling over the height differences between overlapping tiles would create heat concentrations that erode the tiles."

Countdown to 180 (63 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

  • Launch 66! Tuesday, 27th of May, at 6:30 p.m. CT, Starship 35 Super Heavy Booster 14 (Flight 9) will launch from Orbital Launch Mount A (OLM-A) at Starbase, Texas. The booster will perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of America. Starship 35 will doing a controlled soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

  • Launch 67! Wednesday, 28th of May, at 9:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-32 will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch 68! Saturday, 30th of May, at 1:33 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink GPS III SV08 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the eighth of ten GPS III missions that involves modernizing the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) with new satellites offering enhanced accuracy, anti-jamming capabilities, and interoperability. Advancements improve both civilian and military user experiences with more reliable and secure positioning, navigation, and timing services.

  • Launch 69! Friday, 30th of May, at 1:24 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-18 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 70! Sunday, 2nd of June, at 12:57 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-19 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch 71! Friday, 6th of June, TBD. ET, Falcon 9 Sirius SXM-10 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. SXM-10 is the 11th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. It has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles.

  • Launch 72! Sunday, 8th of June, at 9:11 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Axiom Space Mission 4 (Ax4) will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will return to site, and land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Crew consists of Commander Peggy Whitson (United States of America), Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla (India), Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański (Poland), and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu (Hungary).

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■ THE BORING COMPANY: N/A... boring.

■ NEURALINK:

- Here is John and his Team's chat with Brad Smith (@ALScyborg), Neuralink patient No.3. Great work as always, John. And thank you, Brad.

- Reuter's reported that Neuralink raised $600 million in a Series E funding round, valuing the company at approximately $9 billion before new cash.

■ STARLINK:

- I finally got a Starlink referral! Get a FREE Month of Residential or Roam service by clicking HERE!

- Starlink now active in St Maarten.

- Hungary Foreign Affairs Trade Commissioner in Houston, Sandor Foldi, took this shot of the Starlink Factory in Bastrop, Texas.

- Italy’s state-owned railway, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Group), is testing Starlink on its high-speed Rome-Milan route to enhance passenger Wi-Fi. Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini praised Starlink’s potential to deliver reliable connectivity.

- Today, Alghanim Industries, a Kuwait-based conglomerate, announced a partnership with SpaceX to distribute Starlink across the Middle East and Asia through its new venture, Sama X. The agreement will provide the service to underserved regions, leveraging Alghanim’s extensive regional network across 40 countries. The partnership was announced at Alghanim’s headquarters in Kuwait City.

- Marlink has implemented a pooled bandwidth model for Simon Møkster Shipping utilizing Starlink. This will be spread across its fleet of 15 offshore support vessels operating primarily in the North and Barents Seas. This solution, integrated into Marlink’s Sealink NextGen hybrid network, allows dynamic allocation of bandwidth among vessels based on operational demands, with guaranteed VSAT bandwidth for business-critical applications and crew welfare services.

- Starlink Residential Lite plan now available in Malaysia for RM129 per month.

■ X:

- Aaron (@aaronp613) has found that the X Money card will have the option for you to engrave your username on the card!

Per Elon on XMoney, "This will be a very limited access beta at first. When people’s saving are involved, extreme care must be taken."

- P4mui (@P4mui) found that X is disabling the encrypted DMs feature for the latest iOS update. This means XChat will soon launch.

- Last Thursday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into Media Matters for America, demanding documents related to its alleged coordination with watchdog groups, including the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, to orchestrate advertiser boycotts against X. The probe, initiated under FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson follows Musk’s 2023 defamation lawsuit against Media Matters over a report claiming ads appeared next to racist and antisemitic content. The investigation seeks communications with groups monitoring misinformation and hate speech, amid accusations from the U.S. House Judiciary Committee of an illegal group boycott by the now-defunct Global Alliance.

- A fire broke out at the X data center at the Hillsboro Technology Park in Oregon. The fire originated in a room containing batteries and lead to heavy smoke but did not spread to other parts of the building. The data center is linked to Digital Realty, a major data center developer, and X is one of its tenants. No injuries were reported, and the facility is fine.

■ xAI:

- The Grok Android App got a new Voice UI button layout and Rex Voice is now active.

- Grok prompts will soon have a the ability to add text content.

- xAI is adding stock information to Grok.

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $175 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $1,086.96

- Elon posted the following this weekend after the house GOP passed a bill that will increase the deficit. "I have come to the perhaps obvious conclusion that accelerating GDP growth is essential. DOGE has and will do great work to postpone the day of bankruptcy of America, but the profligacy of government means that only radical improvements in productivity can save our country."

- DOGE reported that 24 Chief Financial Officer Act agencies use 47 distinct financial management systems, with Homeland Security having 6 and Treasury 5, leading to inefficient practices like printing and manually re-entering data between systems. A consolidation effort has begun, with 3 agencies unifying procurement functions to cut waste. 3 agencies have consolidated so far.

- Last Thursday and Friday, agencies cancelled 81 contracts with a ceiling value of $368 million and savings of $244 million. This included a $423k State Department “technical consulting” contract for a “Bahrain workshop”.

- DOGE announced the Social Security Administration has finished the major cleanup initiative. ~12.3M individuals aged 120 and over have now been marked as deceased. Some complex cases remain, such as individuals with 2 or more different birth dates on file. These will be investigated in a follow-up effort.

- DOGE announced the Department of Labor is in the process of canceling around 12,800 licenses for phone lines. In the last 30 days only 4,000 out of the 16,800 were used. This will result in > $500k/yr in savings.

■ ELON NEWS:

- Per Elon, "Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms. I must be super focused on 𝕏/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship launch next week), as we have critical technologies rolling out. As evidenced by the 𝕏 uptime issues this week, major operational improvements need to be made. The failover redundancy should have worked, but did not." Wartime CEO is back!

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