Elon Musk Archive

but not enough to aggressively fight back. Rest of World reports that government requests for Twitter to censor posts or provide data more than doubled under Musk, and Musk’s team has been doing little to combat them.

Tune in to Real Time with Bill Maher at 10PM ET / 7PM PT to hear the interview. Musk has been making the rounds recently, speaking with BBC and Fox News’ (now-fired) Tucker Carlson earlier this month. We’ll see what he has to say — though I’ll warn you now that Musk’s Carlson appearance was painful.

In its latest impact report the company says its batteries still hold 88 percent of their original capacity after driving 200,000 miles. Not bad considering Tesla estimates that most US vehicles get scrapped after doing this many miles.

Ryan Broderick has some thoughts on the ongoing verification demolition derby, which has somehow gone even worse than I thought it would. Sure, someone could probably give Elon Musk useful advice, but this is way funnier! Webbed site.

A van holding cameras for the NASASpaceFlight crew took the impact of debris kicked up by SpaceX’s Starship launch yesterday, as seen in this grab from LabPadre’s broadcast.

No word on any wayward boats or aircraft, and SpaceX seems to think they’ve got the valve issue that scrubbed Monday’s attempt figured out, so we may see the Starship test launch attempt today.

Elon Musk and SpaceX’s rocket launch plans for the “Starbase” at Boca Chica, TX, have had opposition for quite a while. Still, in light of today’s Starship flight test attempt and the recent FAA license issued, some folks have revisited the possible environmental impact.

No notes about weather this time.

With an hour-plus to go until the Starship launch window opens at 9:28AM ET, you still have time to check out our story and video about the SpaceX superfans who literally moved just to follow the company’s developments in Texas and who have been waiting for (what might happen) today as eagerly as anyone.