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It’s a dark day on meme street. Elon Musk, one of Bitcoin’s high priests, seems to have turned against the cryptocurrency, sending its value tumbling more than 10 percent and calling into question an economic model that had depended on the public support of megamoguls to keep crypto prices frothy.…

In the late afternoon of May 5, SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweeted, “Starship landing nominal!” Musk is not known for understatement. But seeing that stainless steel behemoth soar was, for many, something more like phenomenal. Over 5 million people watched the spectacle on YouTube, perhaps many with bated breath, as every…

It seemed inevitable that Elon Musk would eventually get into a Twitter war over whether Mars can be terraformed. When you’re on Twitter, he told Businessweek in July, 2018, you’re “in meme war land.” “And so essentially if you attack me,” he said, “it is therefore okay for me to…

Mini-satellite will embark on voyage to the Moon in 2022 Topics SpaceX | Elon Musk | cryptocurrency Elon Musk The rise of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has reached a new level after the token was used to pay for a lunar satellite launch. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s commercial rocket firm, will embark on a Moon voyage…

Tesla and SpaceX CEO and controversial billionaire Elon Musk hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” last night. Reviews were soft, THR summing up the reaction best as “more forgettable than controversial”. Nonetheless, the episode pulled in the third-highest overnight ratings of the season with a 4.8 household and 2.7 rating in…

Spacex Doge-funded satellite going to the moon ... 'Hustle' Backtracking??? 5/9/2021 1:30 PM PT Elon Musk cast doubt on Dogecoin during 'SNL' -- but now, it seems his company is trying to take that back ... by sending a satellite to the moon ... funded exclusively by the cryptocurrency. A…

WHAT GOES up must come down. That was certainly true of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency enthusiastically endorsed by Elon Musk which surged in value in February after Tesla added $1.5bn-worth to its balance sheet. It plunged on May 12th after the carmaker stopped customers using bitcoin to buy its vehicles. Mr…

SpaceX will launch the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” in the first quarter of next year, with Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment. "SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year – Mission paid for in Doge – 1st crypto in space –…

Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch the "DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon" in the first quarter of 2022, with the company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency as full payment for the lunar payload. Geometric Energy Corporation announced the dogecoin-funded mission on Sunday, which SpaceX's communications team confirmed in an email to reporters.…

by Jeff Foust — May 9, 2021 A Falcon 9 first stag completes its tenth flight May 9 landing on a droneship in the Atlantic after the launch of a set of Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX webcast WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites May 9 on a…