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The daily companion for following SpaceX as a public company (Nasdaq: SPCX). Starship, Falcon, Starlink, Dragon, Starshield, the SPCX market picture, and the Musk compute stack — xAI, Grok, Colossus, and Cursor — with sources, community buzz, one honest counterpoint, a dedicated AI & Compute segment, and a daily engineering deep dive. Not financial advice.

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Ep 26: Starship lunar ride-share contracts move orbital refueling and heavy-payload delivery timelines forward by demonstrating early commercial demand. Jul 08, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Starship lunar ride-share contracts move orbital refueling and heavy-payload delivery timelines forward by demonstrating early commercial demand. Top News Japan’s ispace partners with SpaceX Starship for moon ride-share missions — The News International ispace has booked a Starship slot to offer lunar ride-share cargo services at lower cost than dedicated landers. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LyiC0IG5Ac 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 25: Record Falcon cadence and a fresh rideshare deployment show how reuse margins are widening the gap between annual launch capacity and demand. Jul 07, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Record Falcon cadence and a fresh rideshare deployment show how reuse margins are widening the gap between annual launch capacity and demand. Top News SpaceX: Half-year launch records broken — Advanced Television SpaceX has already surpassed its prior first-half launch totals with 82 missions completed through early July. The pace reflects continued booster reuse gains, with multiple vehicles now exceeding 30 flights. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1U42d1oidg 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 24: Falcon 9's Starlink flight doubles as a chip-test platform, probing semiconductor behavior under launch loads. Jul 06, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Falcon 9's Starlink flight doubles as a chip-test platform, probing semiconductor behavior under launch loads. Top News SpaceX Starlink launch sees Falcon 9 booster used for chip tests ahead of Nasdaq-100 inclusion: TechStock² The mission flew semiconductor test hardware alongside the Starlink satellites to gather data on chip performance during ascent. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2UibtAMwk 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 23: Ship 40’s completed static fire and a semiconductor test bed riding today’s Falcon 9 both test hardware that must survive repeated thermal and vibration loads before scaling. Jul 05, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Ship 40’s completed static fire and a semiconductor test bed riding today’s Falcon 9 both test hardware that must survive repeated thermal and vibration loads before scaling. Top News Ship 40 passes full-duration static fire test as SpaceX readies next Starship mission — eciks.org Ship 40 completed a full-duration static fire, confirming the vehicle’s six Raptor engines can sustain the burn profile required for the upcoming flight test. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_UfePMkDA 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 22: Starship engine tests clear a key hurdle on the road to the thirteenth flight and the first orbital refueling demonstration. Jul 04, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Starship engine tests clear a key hurdle on the road to the thirteenth flight and the first orbital refueling demonstration. Top News Title: SpaceX Successfully Tests Starship Engines in Preparation for the 13th Test Flight Static-fire runs at Starbase confirmed six Raptor engines performed as expected ahead of the next integrated flight test. The campaign continues the push toward full-duration burns required for orbital refueling. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKxtev9O0Pk 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 21: Starship’s six-engine static fire advances the thirteenth flight-test campaign by validating the full Raptor cluster ahead of orbital attempts. Jul 03, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Starship’s six-engine static fire advances the thirteenth flight-test campaign by validating the full Raptor cluster ahead of orbital attempts. Top News SpaceX fires up all 6 of Starship's engines ahead of 13th test flight (video) — Space SpaceX conducted a 60-second static fire of Starship’s six Raptor engines at the Massey test site. The test exercised the complete propulsion cluster on the vehicle slated for the next integrated flight. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIx6Zn5i3Gw 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 20: The 1,000th Merlin 1D engine marks how Falcon reuse has turned repeated flights into the main driver of engine reliability gains. Jul 02, 2026

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SpaceX Daily The 1,000th Merlin 1D engine marks how Falcon reuse has turned repeated flights into the main driver of engine reliability gains. Top News ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhc_wE66knc 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 19: An eight-mile gas pipeline at Starbase targets the propellant bottleneck that has limited Starship launch cadence. Jul 01, 2026

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SpaceX Daily An eight-mile gas pipeline at Starbase targets the propellant bottleneck that has limited Starship launch cadence. Top News SpaceX to Build 8-Mile Gas Pipeline to Ramp Up Starship Launches at Texas Site — Pipeline Technology Journal SpaceX filed plans to construct an eight-mile natural-gas pipeline serving the Starbase site. The line would supply fuel for Raptor engine testing and Starship propellant loading. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnFIRGImicg 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 18: Measured dry-mass cuts on IFT-12 hardware widen the payload margin that orbital refueling must close before Mars missions become routine. Jun 30, 2026

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SpaceX Daily Measured dry-mass cuts on IFT-12 hardware widen the payload margin that orbital refueling must close before Mars missions become routine. Top News Title: Study argues bigger launch vehicles may not always be better A peer-reviewed analysis concludes that launch-vehicle scale eventually collides with ground-support limits on propellant delivery, road transport, and pad turnaround. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJQwtRdmXM 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

Ep 17: A 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite launch on Falcon 9 demonstrates the vehicle's sustained heavy-payload cadence while Starship 40's static fire keeps Flight 13 hardware moving forward. Jun 29, 2026

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SpaceX Daily A 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite launch on Falcon 9 demonstrates the vehicle's sustained heavy-payload cadence while Starship 40's static fire keeps Flight 13 hardware moving forward. Top News SpaceX launches 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit from Florida — Space The Falcon 9 lifted the 7.5-ton spacecraft from Florida as part of a constellation refresh. The satellite mass exceeds typical Starlink payloads by a factor of roughly six. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8OzBsNTkA 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

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