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The data centers in space is 100% about Golden Dome,

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_syst...



Nope, it's 100% about building the stock valuation of SpaceX for an IPO in the face of significant risk from a cold war its CEO started on X with the U.S. federal government and increasing competition from Blue Origin, Quinfan and Guowang. DOD will play Bedrock vs Grok until there is feature parity and then make a decision not based on the features.

Disclaimer: Not an Elon hater, but far from a sycophant, similar to how I felt about Steve Jobs for 40+ years.


Exactly, this is about attaching the AI hype bubble to all of his dealings before he offloads with an IPO (that still leaves him with 75% of the stock).


What do you mean by Nope? Do you understand what Golden Dome is about?


I even understand what Brilliant Pebbles was about.


Ah, back to this again.




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