S8 Ep1133: Bob Zimmerman provides updates on SpaceX's Starship test flight and the FAA's rapid approval process. He details the deployment of version three Starlink satellites, rumors of a massive new Louisiana spaceport, and criticizes a Texas politician's "irratio
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 16 July 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Bob Zimmerman provides updates on SpaceX's Starship test flight and the FAA's rapid approval process. He details the deployment of version three Starlink satellites, rumors of a massive new Louisiana spaceport, and criticizes a Texaspolitician's "irrational" investigation into Elon Musk's government grants for rural internet access. (3)
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| 0:57.4 | that is becoming the monetizing story of Wall Street, |
| 1:02.1 | the new new AI move over, |
| 1:05.5 | monetizing low-earth orbit and beyond. |
| 1:08.3 | The news of the day showed that SpaceX is not bulletproof, that it went below |
| 1:13.7 | the IPO case. That's because Wall Street doesn't respect Musk. It enjoys making profits on |
| 1:20.1 | Musk, but doesn't respect him. Somebody who does respect Musk because he represents commercial |
| 1:24.7 | space is our Bob Zimmerman, the correspondent for Behind the Black, |
| 1:28.6 | all these years. And you're sustaining Bob as he continues to report on the commercial space. |
| 1:35.3 | That's the future. $49. Bob, a very good evening to you. Starship is busy. What's up? |
| 1:42.7 | Well, there's a lot of SpaceX news here today, John. |
| 1:46.6 | Tomorrow is going to be big excitement. The SpaceX has scheduled its 13th test flight of Starship |
| 1:54.1 | super heavy for tomorrow afternoon. The FAA announced it he cleared and completed its investigation of SpaceX, but the truth is it |
| 2:04.6 | just rubber-stamped SpaceX's own investigation into that flight. |
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