Comments on: SpaceX initiates new round to obtain from $500 to $750 million in additional private investment capital https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-initiates-new-round-to-obtain-from-500-to-750-million-in-additional-private-investment-capital/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:13:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-initiates-new-round-to-obtain-from-500-to-750-million-in-additional-private-investment-capital/#comment-1436249 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:13:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100890#comment-1436249 PENTHOUSE propped up OMNI like wrestling mags propped up Starlog…but for so long

]]> By: Doubting Thomas https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-initiates-new-round-to-obtain-from-500-to-750-million-in-additional-private-investment-capital/#comment-1436234 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:15:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100890#comment-1436234 Musk is the real life founder of IPC.

The Inter-Planetary Corporation (IPC) is a fictional organization that appears in several of E. E. Smith’s science fiction novels, including Spacehounds of IPC1. The IPC is a commercial enterprise that operates a fleet of spaceships and is responsible for the exploration and colonization of the solar system. The organization is headquartered on Earth and has a monopoly on space travel1.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-initiates-new-round-to-obtain-from-500-to-750-million-in-additional-private-investment-capital/#comment-1436213 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:52:53 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100890#comment-1436213 Musk certainly was correct to conduct a wholesale management transplant at Starlink a few years ago. The proof of this correctness is that nearly that entire dismissed management cadre promptly went to work for Jeff Bezos at Kuiper. That was the last prompt thing they have done since.

As with so many previous tenders, this latest one seems certain to be quickly oversubscribed. The SpaceX juggernaut moves relentlessly forward, gathering speed as it goes.

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