tyb for the marathon sesh
SpaceX to launch first satellites for Musk's Starlink internet service
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s SpaceX was due to launch 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, part of his rocket company’s plan to sell Internet service beamed from space to fund his grander interplanetary ambitions.
The billionaire entrepreneur and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc praised the mission and the design of the satellites on a call with reporters ahead of the launch but cautioned that success was far from guaranteed.
“It’s possible that some of these satellites may not work,” Musk said. “It’s a small possibility that all of the satellites will not work. We’ve done everything we can to maximize the probability of success.”
Musk said he expects launch services revenue to top out around $3 billion per year, making Starlink key to generating the cash that privately held SpaceX needs to fund Musk’s larger dream of developing a new Starship capable of flying paying customers to the moon and eventually trying to colonize Mars.
“We think this is a key stepping stone on the way toward establishing a self-sustaining city on Mars and a base on the moon,” Musk said.
The first 60 Starlink satellites, stacked together atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, were due to blast off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:30 p.m.
Musk plans to send as many as 12,000 satellites into space as soon as 2024 to make high-speed internet available from space across the world.
But he faces stiff competition. In February, satellites built by Airbus SE and partner OneWeb blasted off from French Guiana, the first step in a similar plan to give millions of people in remote and rural areas high-speed internet from space.
Companies LeoSat Enterprises and Canada’s Telesat are also working to build data networks with hundreds or even thousands of tiny satellites that orbit closer to Earth than traditional communications satellites, a radical shift made possible by leaps in laser technology and computer chips.
Musk said SpaceX has “sufficient capital” to get Starlink to an operational level but would potentially need to raise money if things go wrong with the multibillion-dollar endeavor.
Musk has faced other challenges. In November the entrepreneur, frustrated with the pace at which Starlink satellites were being developed, fired at least seven people on the program’s senior management team at a campus in Redmond, Washington, outside of Seattle, Reuters reported.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-spacex/spacex-to-launch-first-satellites-for-musks-starlink-internet-service-idUSKCN1SL2V6
Proctor and Gamble Exec sells shares
Cap#1 is today, rest are recent.
https://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/80424.htm
Ronald S. Lauder Foundation and Estee Lauder execs sold
Ronald S Lauder Foundation in New York, New York (NY)
Ronald Steven Lauder (born February 26, 1944) is an American businessman, art collector, and political activist. He is an heir to the Estée Lauder Companies, and the president of the World Jewish Congress.
As a Republican, he made a bid to become the mayor of New York City in 1989, losing to Rudy Giuliani in the Republican primary. Michael Massing, writing of this nomination race, notes that politically Lauder 'seemed out of step with most American Jews; … he ran to the right of Rudolph Giuliani. And, on Israeli issues, he was a vocal supporter of the Likud party, with long-standing ties to Benjamin Netanyahu."[3]
In 1998, Lauder was asked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to begin Track II negotiations with Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad; these negotiations continued after the election of Ehud Barak to the post. Lauder communicated a new-found willingness on Assad's part to make compromises with the Israelis in an overall land for peace deal, and his draft "Treaty of Peace Between Israel and Syria" formed an important part of the (ultimately fruitless) Israeli-Syrian negotiations that occurred in January 2000 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.[4]
Lauder manages investments in real estate and media, including Central European Media Enterprises and Israeli TV. In 2010, Lauder founded RWL Water, LLC.
In 1987, Lauder established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, a philanthropic organization that is dedicated to rebuilding Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe. The foundation also supports student exchange programs between New York and various capitals in Central and Eastern Europe.
"exchange programs"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Lauder
here is some financial information of this foundation-and a good site to check out non-profit tax dodging screw-ups, may help other digging.
Got enough to do
http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/NY/Ronald-S-Lauder-Foundation.html#ixzz5o2h62izb
https://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1001250.htm
will take that under consideration as it is a good suggestion.
Now the rest:
With 25 and counting posts that seem to be nothing moar than talking to yourself you are in ZERO position to be acting like the fucking ringmaster in here. Slow the fuck down and get some humility fren…this constant whirling dervish bullshit is old and tired.
carry on.