# ![@rocketrepreneur Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::39651952.png) @rocketrepreneur Jonathan A. Goff

Jonathan A. Goff posts on X about china, infrastructure, taiwan, has been the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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- [--] Year [------] -68%

### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::39651952/posts_active)
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- [--] Month [-----] +0.33%
- [--] Months [-----] +1.50%
- [--] Year [-----] +3.30%

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  14.42% [countries](/list/countries)  12.5% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  3.85% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.88% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.88% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.96% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  0.96% [stocks](/list/stocks)  0.96% [us election](/list/us-election)  0.96%

**Social topic influence**
[china](/topic/china) 4.81%, [infrastructure](/topic/infrastructure) 4.81%, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) 3.85%, [has been](/topic/has-been) 3.85%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 2.88%, [acquisition](/topic/acquisition) 2.88%, [money](/topic/money) 2.88%, [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) 2.88%, [targets](/topic/targets) 1.92%, [white house](/topic/white-house) 1.92%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@robotbeat](/creator/undefined) [@noahpinion](/creator/undefined) [@danfarnsy](/creator/undefined) [@conor64](/creator/undefined) [@jabe8](/creator/undefined) [@thetrueanomaly](/creator/undefined) [@sciguyspace](/creator/undefined) [@culpablemink](/creator/undefined) [@rjward1775](/creator/undefined) [@peterrhague](/creator/undefined) [@dieworkwear](/creator/undefined) [@spacex](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@mpatrickwalton](/creator/undefined) [@simbergspace](/creator/undefined) [@danaen803](/creator/undefined) [@robertzubrin](/creator/undefined) [@stephenfleming](/creator/undefined) [@foximus05](/creator/undefined) [@zenandrockets](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Fluidity (FLY)](/topic/$fly) [StarShip (STARSHIP)](/topic/starship) [SPORE (SPORE)](/topic/spore) [GrokCoin (GROKCOIN)](/topic/grok)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@Chris_Mayer Yeah I highly doubt that they have a fully thought-out plan for how to get to even 10% of that launch rate and satellite production rate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/2019952700130214270)  2026-02-07T01:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SpaceKoala I still think @robert_zubrin's sling tether approach (or a variant on @spinlaunch's fixed-length rigid tether approach) makes a lot more sense for lunar material launch than mass drivers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/2020167268592738389)  2026-02-07T16:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Estoy emocionado para mi viaje a Espaa hoy. Esta sera mi primera vez viajando a Europa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/2022665384340619381)  2026-02-14T13:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@KevZag My school didn't have an aerospace program so I did Mfg Engineering for my BS and MechE for my MS. It would've been nice to have an orbital dynamics and mission design class instead of having to pick it up on my own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/2022724745784066277)  2026-02-14T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CALVINGINEERING Fun What are you planning to do with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1942794708474028487)  2025-07-09T03:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mikepat711 Given yesterday's hilarity with Grok going MechaHitler on people. I'm not sure I'd actually want an LLM as the interface to my self driving car at least not anytime soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1942979369175040386)  2025-07-09T16:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat @mpatrickwalton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1943881711068045601)  2025-07-12T03:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Given Ukraine and Israel's success in smuggling FPV drones into Russia and Iran. do you think China has already smuggled FPV attack drones into the US for attacking key military and civilian infrastructure in case of a war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1943892048085758156)  2025-07-12T04:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Related question -- in case a US/China shooting war breaks out over Taiwan do you think the US will be able to reliably use its major launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Wallops or Vandenburg for launching military space missions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1943892482099753186)  2025-07-12T04:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Simberg_Space @DougonIPComm @LauraForczyk They've been close to flying the cargo version forever. The crew version isn't just a light upgrade from the cargo version though -- it's a totally new vehicle design. I really doubt they'd be the fastest to market unless NASA had a road to Damascus conversion on risk tolerance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944163302730334469)  2025-07-12T22:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat This is part of why I think a Chinese invasion of Taiwan will almost certainly involve also an invasion/occupation of Northern Luzon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944172661044916640)  2025-07-12T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@BGLordofthechat Not sure I'm convinced the two situations are at all analogous. I think anyone who thinks our launch facilities wouldn't be targets in case of a war with China over Taiwan are engaging in wishful thinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944183592436785634)  2025-07-12T23:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat Yeah. This is part of why I've been focusing on defense applications at Gravitics -- anything that makes China doubt its ability to overcome the US's advantages in space decreases the odds that they'll do something stupid that puts my friends in harm's way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944184055215354324)  2025-07-12T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Robotbeat Launch pads by their nature are extremely soft big juicy targets. A big part of why we've been pushing to develop Orbital Carriers is to provide a response capability on orbit that isn't at risk from $400 FPV drones (or weather range availability or wayward boats)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944185280367378554)  2025-07-13T00:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Robotbeat (and by pads I'm talking about the overall facilities -- especially including power propellant storage and feedlines etc. You don't have to level Cape Canaveral to keep anyone from being able to launch for several days)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944186869391962180)  2025-07-13T00:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If I'm not though it highlights why companies developing orbital warfare satellites (like our friends at @The_TrueAnomaly and some of our other friends from the TacRS Challenge cohort) are so important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944208011213537619)  2025-07-13T01:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@The_TrueAnomaly Combine that with the very real probability that launch infrastructure may not be something you can count on in a war with a peer adversary and it kind of makes the case for what we're trying to do with Orbital Carriers at least for anyone paying attention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1944208244919947497)  2025-07-13T01:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So TIL this week -- apparently Wyoming has at least *two* pretty areas. Went on a great backpacking campout to Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming with two of my boys and a church youth group"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1946705953841168397)  2025-07-19T22:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Surface_Sailor @The_TrueAnomaly Similar story with ABL and a few others who also didn't make it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1946707124995653795)  2025-07-19T23:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion If Trump hadn't pulled the plug on his nomination I think @rookisaacman would've been an exception to that rule. Genuinely great human being who was also passionate about space and aeronautics and would've been an excellent NASA Administrator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1946730911707402334)  2025-07-20T00:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Noahpinion Unfortunately his senate nomination hearing was the week after Elon left his stint at the White House and someone Elon pissed off in the WH made sure to torpedo Isaacman's nomination as revenge against Elon. Truly pathetic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1946731264507314568)  2025-07-20T00:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@danaen803 This is part of why Gravitics has been baselining GOX/Methane for its crewed modules/vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1947412512934375807)  2025-07-21T21:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danaen803 Also several future launch vehicles use LOX/Methane upper stages giving you multiple refueling options (life support tapping leftovers from upper stages etc)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1947414201871343887)  2025-07-21T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Back on Twitter after a break and yeah my will to write those blog ideas I had while I was heads-down in proposal land Completely gone. As usual. *sigh*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1948594623053480009)  2025-07-25T04:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@robert_zubrin He suckered a lot of people who really should've known better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1948598294537781513)  2025-07-25T04:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@StephenFleming I'm glad Denver isn't a Delta hub. But given how much the Southwest Airlines leadership has sold its soul to placate those Elliot Management ***holes via financialization I imagine they can't be far behind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1948841724220195321)  2025-07-25T20:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Foximus05 @zen_and_rockets We had moved the truck as close as we could get to the lander but it just wasn't close enough. So we ended up tipping the LOX dewar enough degrees off vertical that the hose would reach. Had to hold it at that jaunty angle for the whole prop load. Definitely sketch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1948917951299813472)  2025-07-26T01:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Foximus05 @zen_and_rockets (though not quite as sketch as running away from the rocket while @wikkit was counting out the T-10 countdown after fixing the igniter issue.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1948918149509726564)  2025-07-26T01:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SciGuySpace Could you imagine how far ahead of China we'd be if we had invested in depot and RLV tech more heavily as a nation in the early 2010s rather than burning piles of cash on keeping the Shuttle workforce employed building SLS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1949892501160284248)  2025-07-28T17:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Robotbeat @ElmarMoelzer Seems like they're behind theor original [----] goal for net power production. But it's unclear how far they still are. I'll be driving by their facility this afternoon but wasn't able to schedule a visit this time around"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1950588344586445243)  2025-07-30T16:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@culpable_mink Dreamchaser also didn't get the lion's share of the commercial crew/cargo development funding and didn't try to actively lobby to get their competitors canceled because they were the obvious right answer. The crapping on Starliner has been more than earned by Boeing's actions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951447710361596270)  2025-08-02T00:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@rjward1775 @peterrhague I can understand countries being hesitant to just buy launch services from a company in another country. Especially a country actively engaging in a neurotic trade war. But the era of full-RLVs gives you more options like buying and operating or wet-leasing a foreign-built RLV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951748363596284172)  2025-08-02T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@rjward1775 @peterrhague I don't think any of the RLV companies of the current generation have embraced that vision yet. But it was definitely a common idea in the past. Admittedly the current batch of RLV companies need to actually deliver on a reliable fully reusable launch system first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951756457743089944)  2025-08-02T21:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@rjward1775 @peterrhague I doubt SpaceX would even consider it but I'd love to see Stoke or some of the others consider it. I'd also love to hear @JeffGreason's take on the idea. I know XCOR had explored the wet-lease approach for IIRC South Korea back when they were trying to field Lynx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951756881481093169)  2025-08-02T21:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion @dieworkwear The part of the Philippines I lived in from 2000-2002 (northern Zambales and western Pangasinan) didn't have much in the way of sweatshops. They did have a ton of unemployment/underemployment at a non-trivial percent of the population living in pretty grinding poverty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951853449647157427)  2025-08-03T03:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion @dieworkwear I did know several people who had taken jobs working at meat packing factories or sweatshops down in Bataan and down near Manila. Which is frankly better than taking a job in Saudi or Hong Kong or Taiwan where you only get to come home and see your family once every few years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951853725170954526)  2025-08-03T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion @dieworkwear Sweatshops suck but sometimes they suck less than the alternatives. The best way to get rid of sweatshops is by an economy advancing enough that you have enough less sucky alternatives that sweatshops have to offer better working conditions/pay to compete"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1951853912526659693)  2025-08-03T03:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@scottlincicome I have a new meme for this:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1952765370835554591)  2025-08-05T16:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@conor64 I have a new meme for this:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1952766403582525777)  2025-08-05T16:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I've noticed that when I'm sleep deprived (like when I hypothetically stay up past 330am writing a proposal) that my ADHD transitions into super "did someone say shiny" mode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1952791792627363841)  2025-08-05T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@McK_Sand @payloadspace @XonaSpace @astroscale_HQ Combine it with some form of insurance and/or contract with a deorbit tug company (there are several credible ones in development right now) and I'd be fine with that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1953167380064186526)  2025-08-06T18:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@buildingMadrid @Firefly_Space Ooh. I should do that too. Way to go @Firefly_Space $FLY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1953516065373200666)  2025-08-07T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@StephenFleming I'm sure that adding a layer of political kommissars to oversee the ideological purity of US research grants will help America stay competitive with China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1954203368030630008)  2025-08-09T15:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@holliemaea @Robotbeat Kind of like how a kickstarter works. Set the trigger point at say [---] or [---] units to give you some margin. Use the contracts to either get a bank loan or to raise investment (or maybe a mix of both)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956201304306688389)  2025-08-15T03:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@holliemaea @Robotbeat Maybe see if you can get an insurance company to write you a hole-in-one policy that pays back the loan if something happens that would prevent you from repaying. Include the premium in the amount you need to borrow. That would likely lower the interest rate on the loan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956202234410361316)  2025-08-15T03:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RobertMSterling @SuMastodon I agree that the Liberal/European approach to negotiating peace between RUS/UKR hasn't accomplished much so far. But the thing you left out at the end is the very real question of if anything meaningful or significant was said or accomplished with Trump's approach either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956548792427364356)  2025-08-16T02:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RobertMSterling @SuMastodon If Trump actually gets Putin and Zelensky to settle a just or even a lasting peace I'll give him credit for a real achievement. I'll remain politely skeptical until I see real results though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956549965062504722)  2025-08-16T02:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@agraybee Blech. Can our country really do no better than narcissistic clowns like Trump or Newsom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956553947973619998)  2025-08-16T03:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"It was logistically pretty convenient for me since [--] of my [--] siblings live in Salt Lake & Utah Valleys. So I brought my whole family out we stayed in a hotel in Thanksgiving Point (just south of the dividing line between the valleys) and I took the train up to SLC every day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956574809774600370)  2025-08-16T04:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In the evenings we were able to have a family dinner with all but one of my siblings dinner and a pool party with @danfarnsy's family dinner with an old mission buddy who was basically the best man at my wedding and welcomed home Tiff's best friend's son from a mission in Fiji"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956575518154776733)  2025-08-16T04:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danfarnsy I also finally had the chance to chat with one of my friends who had sold a company a few years ago to one of the space companies doing a lot of M&A recently. I try to catch up with people who've sold companies to see how things turned out for them and to share lessons learned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956576401223516636)  2025-08-16T04:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danfarnsy I'll be honest my experiences and those of many of my friends who've sold have left me with a particularly bad taste in my mouth for private equity roll-ups but I was curious how strategic acquisition by a product/service-focused startup would compare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956577846236766614)  2025-08-16T04:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@danfarnsy No acquisition even a good one is all rainbows and unicorns but my friend was genuinely pretty happy with the results. Several years after the acquisition most of his team are still working either for his group or have moved up to good roles at the parent company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956578157915472048)  2025-08-16T04:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@danfarnsy No layoffs or consolidations with only a modest percent voluntarily leaving. My friend seems pretty happy and less burned out and is still working with them several years later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956578413914775839)  2025-08-16T04:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@danfarnsy It gives me hope that some types of company can actually do well with the growth by acquisition and not kill off the entrepreneurial spark that makes companies worth buying in the first place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1956578620715016244)  2025-08-16T04:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JeremyLNeufeld It's possible to imagine a more asinine immigration policy than that but it takes effort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958294731504620014)  2025-08-20T22:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@jabe8 The hypocrisy & chutzpah on display here is impressive. Their boss was literally taking gold-plated bribes on live TV in the Oval Office. And they're going after a political enemy for doing the very thing Trump did (more flagrantly) all while claiming it was a partisan witchhunt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958907356546572785)  2025-08-22T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have to say the FBI's chutzpah and hypocrisy this morning is quite impressive. Trump's FBI going after someone for supposedly retaining classified documents saying "nobody is above the law" and that "public corruption will not be tolerated" Seriously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958908821189124391)  2025-08-22T15:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What exactly do you call a sitting President receiving a gold plated bribe from a company that just was given a tariff exemption https://www.youtube.com/watchv=scexuW2Q-fs https://www.youtube.com/watchv=scexuW2Q-fs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958909354981433416)  2025-08-22T15:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Obviously what John Bolton needs to do is declare his candidacy for the Presidency. Because once you do that it's obvious that any law enforcement attempts against you are just partisan witchhunts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958909810608578908)  2025-08-22T15:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AlexNoonan6 One of these days I'll hear an anecdote about unions that makes me detest them less. Today is not that day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1958961356599960025)  2025-08-22T18:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My brother-in-law @mpatrickwalton (of @CareWeather) has a new concept for iterative development that he's calling "Technology Fidelity Levels". I asked him if he could explain it using space unicorns (like my favorite NASA Technology Readiness Level parody). He didn't disappoint @rocketrepreneur @SpaceX Challenge accepted https://t.co/OIDyhJhOo0 @rocketrepreneur @SpaceX Challenge accepted https://t.co/OIDyhJhOo0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1959118862680821817)  2025-08-23T05:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Stevejo300 @FuSchmu @ZachWeiner So we're working on it but the fact that none of the groups with money actually want to fund it is definitely making it slower than would be ideal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1959120845751951864)  2025-08-23T05:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat It's definitely possible but I doubt it will ramp that quickly within the first year of reaching full orbit. Especially since 2nd stage reuse (which is harder than just 2nd stage recovery) is quite possibly over a year out from first full orbital flight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1959373475774136785)  2025-08-23T21:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jabe8 @Robotbeat Yeah so much with Starship and SuperHeavy is uncharted territory. They could shift to V3 and all of the sudden everything fixes and they make rapid progress or it could be a long slog yet. They'll probably make it eventually but when and how quickly they ramp up are questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1959386007834374168)  2025-08-23T22:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat Ok that's fair. It looks like if Electron flies its full manifest this year it'll be at around [--] flights. There's a chance Starship could beat that in the first year. I'd still give Electron better odds. But you're right that its possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960727778707562707)  2025-08-27T15:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat I think it's definitely possible. But you also seem to be assuming that "first time reaches orbit" == "all kinks are out of the system and Starship is now in regular reliable operations". That could be the case but given Starship's development history I wouldn't assume it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960730269729874204)  2025-08-27T15:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jabe8 @Robotbeat Agreed fun to watch. But one of the challenges of their approach is that they've often built several new vehicles ahead of the one they're about to fly. It's harder to retrofit changes -- like see how many iterations it took on V2 to get back to V1 levels of flight reliability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960738223078219926)  2025-08-27T16:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@lrocket @elonmusk That was an amazing launch to watch yesterday. Glad to see the Starship team back on track after the setbacks on the previous few flights. Looking forward to seeing this go full orbital and start deploying payloads (and demoing cryo propellant transfer)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960803687456235934)  2025-08-27T20:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@culpable_mink Yeah the problem has been that most of SpaceX's competitors had either competence/ambition or they had access to resources almost none had both until very recently (and the competent/ambitious ones still have access to far less capital than SpaceX has)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960805176857780346)  2025-08-27T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@culpable_mink Launch customers like having options and not being stuck with a monopoly so I think there will still be room for competitors even if SpaceX drops prices once Starship is flying regularly. I just wouldn't want to be a SpaceX competitor w/o a clear near-term path to full reuse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960805710356472271)  2025-08-27T20:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"For those of you interested I've started my Starship Flight [--] Timing Poll on And a Twitter version: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.phptopic=63443 http://NASASpaceflight.com Sep [----] Oct [----] [----] or later Nov/Dec [----] https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.phptopic=63443 http://NASASpaceflight.com Sep [----] Oct [----] [----] or later Nov/Dec 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960813631362490881)  2025-08-27T21:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My personal guess is that they'll minimize changes other than ones in CONOPS and easy to modify things (swapping out a few tiles etc) and try to fly Flight [--] ASAP so they can move on from V2 Starship to V3. So I voted September"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960823296670491069)  2025-08-27T21:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@WebHostingTruth It'll be a push but they flew Flight [--] at least 3wks faster than I thought they would. I'd say if they fly the final V2 next month that they have slightly better than 50/50 of flying a V3 before end of year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960840899560398900)  2025-08-27T23:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JayinKyiv I hope they also keep pressing harder on rail infrastructure. Combine the two (bombing oil and rail infrastructure) and you can eventually shut down their military machine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1960847931004870998)  2025-08-27T23:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@aarontburnett Well to be fair Radian Aerospace is working in a fully reusable SSTO rocket as is Leap Space. Neither are well capitalized though. Of the ones funded well enough to have a real shot on goal I agree it's just Starship and Nova currently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961074957410357385)  2025-08-28T14:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacemafia @SciGuySpace The cost and schedule associated with developing and demonstrating a lunar lander (or crew vehicle or station) are very different from the cost and schedule associated with jumping through enough analysis/test/simulation hoops with NASA's HSF bureaucracy to be "certified""  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961136876313854260)  2025-08-28T18:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacemafia @SciGuySpace And given that Boeing jumped through those hoops and convinced them Starliner was safe enough to fly astronauts on and it still has been a flaming dumpster fire of unreliability I'm not sure what the massive increase in cost and schedule for "certification" actually buys us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961137190316249233)  2025-08-28T18:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Simberg_Space Yeah I wish the poll had been Starship New Glenn Neutron and Nova"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961142633717281263)  2025-08-28T19:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@br1ckinthewall @theojaffee I can see from observation though how even trivial infrastructure tasks take forever and cost insane amounts due to how things are handled in CA so apologies if I'm taking my priors too far in this particular instance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961171127390408783)  2025-08-28T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@br1ckinthewall @theojaffee I think my original general point is still valid -- that if Gavin Newsom was able to fix some of the major problems in California (especially related to housing and infrastructure) it would make his sales pitch to the country a lot more believable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961171357519278434)  2025-08-28T20:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"So if I'm reading this right -- an appeals court (unsurprisingly) ruled that most of Trump's tariffs have been illegal. But they're staying their ruling until October 14th in case Trump appeals to the US Supreme Court. Does that sound about right @scottlincicome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961549612470473088)  2025-08-29T22:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@brickmack @conor64 Whether it's your primary residence or a secondary one. Because primary residences get lower interest rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1961596247841894777)  2025-08-30T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@justinamash Republicans used to have principles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1964164346457604491)  2025-09-06T03:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion Tacky and tasteless as hell. For that reason I bet Trump loves it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1968559955159695631)  2025-09-18T06:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jabe8 I actually think Golden Dome isn't a stupid idea -- at least spending some money now to see what we can realistically come up with. Making it so the Putin's of the world can't engage in nuclear blackmail would be a good thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1968728426396750249)  2025-09-18T17:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@robert_zubrin Any guesses how long before Trump has it moved to the White House"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1968860201328558438)  2025-09-19T02:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I woke up this morning to the sad news that Russel M Nelson President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had passed away. At [---] he lived a long life full of service peacemaking temple building and discipleship. He'll be missed. With sorrow we announce that Russell M. Nelson beloved President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died. He was [---] the oldest president in the history of the Church. For more information on the life and ministry of President Russell M. Nelson see https://t.co/BexmfbgMOh With sorrow we announce that Russell M. Nelson beloved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1972310200284741709)  2025-09-28T14:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Robotbeat Yeah I may be missing something but it's not a bad approach if both sides would actually agree to it and make it happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1972815666643411073)  2025-09-30T00:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@VivekGRamaswamy The main thing preventing things like this in the US isn't a lack of engineering talent or our education system but the reality that a project like this would take most of a career to make it through all of the required environmental reviews and othwr permitting paperwork"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1975037858290475411)  2025-10-06T03:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CJHandmer Shadowrun: HongKong (by @WeBeHarebrained) used the old Kowloon walled city as the locale for their cyberpunk RPG. It would be cool to see something that crazy somewhere here in the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1976491476797518016)  2025-10-10T03:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Robotbeat @1kyamory Yeah this seems like a bit of a tempest in a teapot. Qatar is donating some money to build US facilities at a US base to help with training Qatari pilots on jets they bought from the US. I'm not a big fan of orange man but not every policy his administration does is bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1977054925222719823)  2025-10-11T16:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@conor64 All it would take would be rolling back qualified immunity. If ICE agents knew they could face real legal consequences for lawless behavior it might make them think twice. But there's zero chance of Congress or Trump doing that and nearly zero chance of SCOTUS doing that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1977227892942856296)  2025-10-12T04:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@MoodyBlueliner @conor64 Kidnapping and roughing-up US citizens (which they've done plenty of along the way) seems pretty lawless to me but your mileage obviously varies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1977238755372417476)  2025-10-12T05:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm not really on social media this week (until after my Altius Alumni BBQ) but I did want to pop on to post a huge congrats to @SpaceX on nailing the final Starship V2 flight today. Flight [--] went about as smooth as could be asked for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1977915108845121853)  2025-10-14T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And now that the flight is over I've started my next Starship Flight [--] timing poll (link in the first comment). But here's the twitter version. When do you think SpaceX will light the candle on Starship Flight [--] and let it slip the surly bonds of Earth Before the end of [----] Jan/Feb [----] After Apr [----] or Never Mar/Apr [----] Before the end of [----] Jan/Feb [----] After Apr [----] or Never Mar/Apr 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/1977915823349002428)  2025-10-14T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I always love getting the chance to visit the @spacex rocket factory. @elonmusk should be really proud of what his team has accomplished"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/335134093773770752)  2013-05-16T20:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Jonny making a starship Enterprise parody on Spore. http://t.co/Fpq9aviPGN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/574325748900622338)  2015-03-07T21:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Here's Tiff Pip and the other boys enjoying themselves on the nature walk. http://t.co/SsKiJjzMRa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/585292946871693312)  2015-04-07T04:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I like days when all of my answers on Duolingo are correct. Maybe I'm starting to grok espaol finally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/746140512688582656)  2016-06-24T00:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@elonmusk Is that vacuum Isp for an upper-stage version Because 380s vacuum Isp doesn't seem realistic for a booster version"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/780281575464247296)  2016-09-26T05:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Begun the Trade Wars have. https://x.com/AP_Politics/status/824715743480713217 BREAKING: White House spokesman: Trump calling for [--] percent tax on imports from Mexico to pay for southern border wall. https://x.com/AP_Politics/status/824715743480713217 BREAKING: White House spokesman: Trump calling for [--] percent tax on imports from Mexico to pay for southern border wall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/824720199492341760)  2017-01-26T20:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I know that my tweets may sometimes sound a little overly negative re: SpaceX but at heart I'm a still a fanboy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/867572897493037056)  2017-05-25T02:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I've been thinking a lot about Eric Ries's Long Term Stock Exchange idea (@ltse). Basic idea AIUI is to create an exchange that has listing rules designed to promote longer-term thinking than the quarterly-earnings driven myopia of the existing stock markets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/rocketrepreneur/status/970104108647555072)  2018-03-04T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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