Business of Space: Not only doing the hard things, but the ‘right thing’ April 2, 2022 This week Blue Origin creates six more astronauts SpaceX teams up with OneWeb Seraphim Space piles into Pixxel Blue Origin: Space tourists aplenty Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completed its fourth tourist flight to space on Thursday, marking the increasing accessibility of space – to the few that can afford it. Bezos, who made his [...]
When Musk met OneWeb: UK satellite firm teams up with SpaceX March 21, 2022 Taxpayer backed OneWeb has announced it will be teaming up Elon Musk's SpaceX to move forward with satellite launches.
Elon Musk accuses SEC of forcing him to sign Tesla settlement March 9, 2022 Tesla’s chief executive and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has accused the US Government of forcing him to sign a settlement that forced him to step down as chairman in 2018. Musk has asked a court to throw away the deal as he said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had a personal “vendetta” against him. [...]
US investigates 416,000 Tesla cars over braking defect February 17, 2022 The US investigation into Tesla’s malfunctions shows no sign of easing, as the agency in charge of vehicle safety evaluated today 416,000 cars over braking defects. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said today its primary evaluation will focus on 2021-2022 Model 3 and Model Y, following more than 300 complaints of braking issues. [...]
Elon Musk’s brain chip company accused of torturing monkeys February 16, 2022 Elon Musk’s brain chip company has denied claims that it is torturing monkeys for the futuristic technology – which the billionaire claims will enable quadriplegics to walk again. Neuralink aims to connect human brains to computers, and is hoping to begin human trials later this year. However, a US doctors’ group which partners which the [...]
Elon Musk makes £4.2bn in charitable donations in 2021 amid Tesla uncertainty February 15, 2022 Eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk donated $5.7bn (£4.2bn) worth of Tesla shares last year, making him the second-biggest philanthropic of the year according to a new security filing. According to this document, the Tesla boss donated 5,044,000 shares to an unnamed charity. If this filing is correct, this puts the South African-born businessman just behind Bill [...]
Tesla recalls 26,000 cars over software error while it braces for harassment lawsuit February 9, 2022 Tesla can’t seem to catch a break these days, as it was forced to recall more than 26,000 cars over a software error, while bracing for a potential racism and harassment lawsuit. According to the US agency in charge of automotive safety standards, software errors could cause a valve in the heat pump to open [...]
Musk faces fresh lawsuit as 2018 tweet comes back to bite him February 7, 2022 Elon Musk faces fresh legal challenge from the US stock market watchdog as his Twitter thread continues to cause problems for the electric car giant Tesla. In 2018, Musk tweeted that he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private, sending its share price soaring. It prompted subsequently prompted a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit and [...]
Tesla shareholders call on judge to make Musk repay $13bn for SolarCity deal January 18, 2022 Tesla shareholders have called on a judge to make Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk repay $13bn for the 2016 acquisition of solar panel company SolarCity. The claimants argued that Musk, SolarCity’s 22 per cent shareholder, strong-armed Tesla’s board to buy the cash-stripped company founded by his cousins Peter and Lyndon Rive, Reuters reported. As a [...]
Musk urges there is room for ‘billions’ of satellites in Earth’s orbit, following SpaceX backlash December 30, 2021 Elon Musk has urged that there is room for “tens of billions” of satellites in Earth’s orbit, amid concerns that SpaceX is hoarding space for its own. The European Space Agency suggested that Musk was blocking out smaller rivals in space. It is not the first time the billionaire has drawn criticism from the agency, [...]