Atreides CIO Gavin Baker argues SpaceX and Tesla generated more US manufacturing jobs over the last decade than almost any domestic firm

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Gavin Baker@GavinSBaker

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Gavin Baker@GavinSBaker

Really fun to interview my old friend Bret Johnsen in Mission Control.

Three parts of the @SpaceX story that I wish were more widely discussed:

SpaceX has created thousands of good blue-collar jobs: welders, machinists, electricians. Everyone talks about the need to bring high-paying, blue-collar jobs back to America. SpaceX and Tesla are making that happen. To the best of my knowledge, they have created more manufacturing jobs in the US than just about any other American company over the last ten years. It’s hard to imagine our nascent industrial renaissance succeeding without these companies.

SpaceX was started with the goal of putting humans on Mars. And along the way, they have massively improved life for many humans on Earth. Mars may be a starter planet, but Earth is our planet, and the technologies developed at SpaceX are already in use today connecting and safeguarding the people of Earth. Starlink is a really efficient way to bring internet to low-income countries. In Kenya’s remote Murang’a County, Starlink has made it possible for patients in rural villages to consult with medical specialists via telemedicine. In the rainforests of Brazil, Starlink has connected schools to reliable high-speed internet that will provide more educational opportunities to students. Here in America, Starlink has proven vital to emergency teams responding to natural disasters. During Hurricane Helene, the Starlink hubs dropped into North Carolina and East Tennessee were often the only contact point between cut-off towns and the outside world. Literally life-saving.

This IPO will be a big milestone for the company. It’s important to celebrate this, while also remembering that making humanity multi-planetary is the ultimate goal. Going to Mars is really hard. There have been many setbacks thus far, ranging from fiery explosions to failed landings. There will be many more. Ad Astra Per Aspera. But SpaceX is at its best *after* a setback imo. Their first 3 launches were “failures”. Had the 4th not succeeded, there might not be a SpaceX today. The company’s success in the face of such daunting odds is a testament to the resilience of the culture and absolute commitment to the mission shared by every employee I’ve ever spoken with. Some of the world’s most talented engineers have chosen to live in Airstreams at Starbase away from their families for weeks on end in service of this goal. I will never forget the welders who told me they signed every weld because they wanted to be accountable if they were responsible for a failure. True missionaries, all of them.

I am grateful to every single person at SpaceX for helping to make the future as inspirational as possible. And I will be even more grateful if I get to see a blue sunset on Mars!

More info on http://spacexipo.com

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SIGNAL : noise@BocasBrain

@GavinSBaker @DrStarson @SpaceX Spacex and Elon's impetus was to put a spaceship borne greenhouse on Mars. After that, the rest happened for the betterment of all.

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Gavin Baker ·Assistant@OacAJPkmBRWkiUB

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX My Internal Plan is as follows📈

Details as follows 👇 👇 👇

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Shaun Maguire@shaunmmaguire

@GavinSBaker @MollySOShea @SpaceX Love it!

Gavin Baker@GavinSBaker

Really fun to interview my old friend Bret Johnsen in Mission Control.

Three parts of the @SpaceX story that I wish were more widely discussed:

SpaceX has created thousands of good blue-collar jobs: welders, machinists, electricians. Everyone talks about the need to bring high-paying, blue-collar jobs back to America. SpaceX and Tesla are making that happen. To the best of my knowledge, they have created more manufacturing jobs in the US than just about any other American company over the last ten years. It’s hard to imagine our nascent industrial renaissance succeeding without these companies.

SpaceX was started with the goal of putting humans on Mars. And along the way, they have massively improved life for many humans on Earth. Mars may be a starter planet, but Earth is our planet, and the technologies developed at SpaceX are already in use today connecting and safeguarding the people of Earth. Starlink is a really efficient way to bring internet to low-income countries. In Kenya’s remote Murang’a County, Starlink has made it possible for patients in rural villages to consult with medical specialists via telemedicine. In the rainforests of Brazil, Starlink has connected schools to reliable high-speed internet that will provide more educational opportunities to students. Here in America, Starlink has proven vital to emergency teams responding to natural disasters. During Hurricane Helene, the Starlink hubs dropped into North Carolina and East Tennessee were often the only contact point between cut-off towns and the outside world. Literally life-saving.

This IPO will be a big milestone for the company. It’s important to celebrate this, while also remembering that making humanity multi-planetary is the ultimate goal. Going to Mars is really hard. There have been many setbacks thus far, ranging from fiery explosions to failed landings. There will be many more. Ad Astra Per Aspera. But SpaceX is at its best *after* a setback imo. Their first 3 launches were “failures”. Had the 4th not succeeded, there might not be a SpaceX today. The company’s success in the face of such daunting odds is a testament to the resilience of the culture and absolute commitment to the mission shared by every employee I’ve ever spoken with. Some of the world’s most talented engineers have chosen to live in Airstreams at Starbase away from their families for weeks on end in service of this goal. I will never forget the welders who told me they signed every weld because they wanted to be accountable if they were responsible for a failure. True missionaries, all of them.

I am grateful to every single person at SpaceX for helping to make the future as inspirational as possible. And I will be even more grateful if I get to see a blue sunset on Mars!

More info on http://spacexipo.com

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Tyler Palmer@tylerpalmer

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX Insane how much hate Elon gets while simply reindustrializing America, providing blue collar jobs with meaningful equity, doing more for the climate than anyone else, and providing an inspiring vision for us to look forward to.

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Nicholas Mugalli@RealNickMugalli

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX fantastic interview now with all the big three ipoing this year, is there enough liquidity in the markets?

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A.@Brainmetry

This is the kind of SpaceX story that actually matters. Thousands of high-paying blue-collar jobs bringing real manufacturing back. Milestones in Mars that are already saving lives on Earth through Starlink, telemedicine in remote Kenya, schools in Brazil, disaster response in the US.

The IPO is huge, but the real story is the culture: people living in Airstreams at Starbase, welders signing every weld, engineers grinding after repeated failures. That is not just a company, that is a movement.

Ad Astra Per Aspera.

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Gavin Baker@GavinSBaker

@guruprasadyada5 @SpaceX Absolutely

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गुरु प्रसाद यादव, लखनऊ@guruprasadyada5

The most inspiring part of the SpaceX story isn't just rockets reaching space, it's people refusing to give up after failure. From welders signing their work with pride to engineers dedicating years to an almost impossible mission, SpaceX proves that extraordinary achievements are built by ordinary people with extraordinary commitment. Ad Astra Per Aspera through hardships, to the stars.

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s77nu@s77nu

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX

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☠️ Itamar Alcantara Arrais@ItamarXIMF

Nada trarar tanto emprego ou desenvolvimento econômico para o Brasil que a @SpaceX e @Tesla podem proporcionar, isso a longo prazo é estar de forma estratégica na transição industrial global, não é uma estratégia regiona, é global, posicionando o Brasil 🇧🇷 ao lado dos Estados Unidos 🇺🇲 como única força conjunta global, em tecnologia.

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ⓘ Nilesh Ai Prompts@IncognitoPrince

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX Starlink connecting rural Kenya to telemedicine AND your Mars dream in one company that's a wide product roadmap. 📡

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s77nu@s77nu

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX Elon is a toxic racist and election denier dude. His reckless DOGE actions and especially PEPFAR cancellation will result in hundreds of thousands of poor children dying. Stop whitewashing him, as great as his business and technological achievements are.

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Lunar Citizens@LunarCitizens

If you fail, don’t panic. Figure out what went wrong, fix it, and try again. That’s the culture at SpaceX.

At many other companies, if a rocket explodes, the boss starts yelling: “What the hell are you people doing?”

In that environment, nobody wants to take risks or innovate. They just want to avoid failure. 🚀

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Gavin Baker@GavinSBaker

@Brainmetry @SpaceX Yes

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Utkarsh Singh@Utkarsh51557661

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX cool to see recognition for blue-collar work. it’s always overlooked in tech stories.

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☠️ Itamar Alcantara Arrais@ItamarXIMF

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX @Tesla Isso é de nível máximo de importância a Defesa nacional Brasileira 🇺🇲

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David Gerbino@dmgerbino

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX Wow! What a fantastic interview.

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NeilT@Exogynous

Not only what they have done, with the massive expansions at Bastrop for satellites and AI sats, plus the utterly massive Terafab they will make, huge swathes of more workers will be needed for these challenges.

Even space operations is going to explode. 5 towers but still FH and multiple F9 launch pads and landing capabilities.

Of course Optimus is going to do a lot. But it will also create thousands of new human jobs.

Then, of course, there is orbit, Moon and Mars.....

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Kunwar Sarvendra Vikram Singh@k61420983

@GavinSBaker @SpaceX

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