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2025 / 2026 Investment Thread

I would agree with Edison, definitely not Einstein.

The real history of Edison is not as glorified as many would like to think,
which is actually a hilarious way to bring up a comparison to musk, as Edison's shenanigans with Tesla (Nikola) were actually pathetic and shameful.
 
Seems to me the hype for SpaceX will either be self fulfilling, or a good way for the early investors to cash out and walk away. That said, if they keep getting government contracts they'll be fine probably?
 
Musk has paid AT LEAST $277 million dollars on record to..... uhm...... His favorite TACO joint...

so those sweet government contract should keep rolling in for a while at least, while the federal government is outsourcing to private contractors for much of what they used to do themselves.
 
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augustiron said:
Musk has paid AT LEAST $277 million dollars on record to..... uhm...... His favorite TACO joint...

so those sweet government contract should keep rolling in for a while at least, while the federal government is outsourcing to private contractors for much of what they used to do themselves.
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He did do that, but he also made that 277 million into bajillions

Again, I don't follow Elon nor all his BS, but i am just trying to make $$$ off of him
 
Could be a WeWork, could pull it off, but the real winners are the early investors who get a return on their investment before it does, whatever it does
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Could be a WeWork, could pull it off, but the real winners are the early investors who get a return on their investment before it does, whatever it does
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Exactly, the retail investors like us get hosed in most IPOs. The majority of them fall below their opening price a few months afterwards
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Seems to me the hype for SpaceX will either be self fulfilling, or a good way for the early investors to cash out and walk away. That said, if they keep getting government contracts they'll be fine probably?
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I think starship is and will always be, a flop. Mush says it will get 100 tons into orbit per flight. I don’t think it ever will. It’s yet to reach orbit and if it ever does, I don’t think it will take even 50 tons with it. I would prefer space x not be part of my retirement portfolio.

I can’t believe anyone puts their faith in musk the bull shit artist

 
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A decade ago SpaceX claimed they be flying passengers around the world by now in 1/2 hr rocket flights. I guess that's not happening this year, maybe next year.

Did anyone ever buy into the Mars colony BS? That's his investors but are there enough of them for a $1.7T valuation. Probably not.
 
I had a friend who's all in on the Muskegon who was like wouldn't you wanna go to mara.for the adventure? I explained how that wasn't my kind of adventure, I die on my terms, not for someone's profits
 
N4teTheGreat said:
I had a friend who's all in on the Muskegon who was like wouldn't you wanna go to mara.for the adventure? I explained how that wasn't my kind of adventure, I die on my terms, not for someone's profits
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Your friend doesn't seem to understand that he would be signing up for a one way trip to a hellscape where he will get to breath recycled farts for the rest of his life and survive on soylent. :ROFLMAO:


On the plus side, if he's really into video games he would have the rest of his life to play them.
 
augustiron said:
I was really hoping Elmo would have been the first passenger for SpaceX to take into space.

That would have been putting his balls on the table.
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Nothing would make me happier than Musk being captain of the first Starship lunar mission. Strap in Elon!!
 
augustiron said:
I was really hoping Elmo would have been the first passenger for SpaceX to take into space.

That would have been putting his balls on the table.
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His PP dont work hes not going to risk those. Unlike Lex luthor... i mean Bezos who threw his whole thing out for everyone to see.

Elons companies work on the greater fool theory at this point. Elon keeps making rediculous promises and not delivering. WayMo beat him at the robotaxi game. The Chinese are eating his lunch on batteries and EVs. Cybertruck is a turd. Basically he only gets bailouts from the government and quite frankly Jenson because he buys so much NVDA hardware. Jenson hypes his customers hes not stupid.

Need I remind anyone when he "announced" Optimus, it was a dude dancing in a suit. His companies keep their valuation because he controls huge swathes of shares limiting the pool. Hes an expert financial manipulator.
 
mercurial said:
Your friend doesn't seem to understand that he would be signing up for a one way trip to a hellscape where he will get to breath recycled farts for the rest of his life and survive on soylent. :ROFLMAO:


On the plus side, if he's really into video games he would have the rest of his life to play them.
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I’ve always been of the opinion that they’ll never send anyone to Mars. You’d have to be unstable to sign up and they don’t send tards into space.
The mission requires people who are unsuitable for the mission.
 
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I’ve always been of the opinion that they’ll never send anyone to Mars. You’d have to be unstable to sign up and they don’t send tards into space.
The mission requires people who are unsuitable for the mission.
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haha that's like the psychopath at the mental hospital paradox, I don't remember how I came across that one but some social psychologist did a study of it.

Psychopath A: "I swear I'm not a psychopath."
Doc: "That's definitely what a psychopath would say. release denied."

Psychopath B: "I'm definitely a psychopath."
Doc: "no one except a psychopath would say that about themselves, better keep you here."
 
People are entitled to lead the life they want. If you want to strap yourself to a rocket and try to die on another planet im not going to stop you. That lifes not for me though.

I have zero issue with humanity infecting the universe beyond our pale blue dot.
 
Caddywumpus said:
People are entitled to lead the life they want. If you want to strap yourself to a rocket and try to die on another planet im not going to stop you. That lifes not for me though.

I have zero issue with humanity infecting the universe beyond our pale blue dot.
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You’re not stopping them cause its not your money. People can do almost anything they want as long as it’s legal but no one is going to invest time and resources into sending a psycho to Mars
 
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