From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 288223B29D for ; Tue, 2 May 2023 14:10:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.69]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D0118AE8E; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: "David P. Reed" cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net In-Reply-To: <1683044852.771727663@apps.rackspace.com> Message-ID: References: <1683044852.771727663@apps.rackspace.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="===============0891234524532278566==" Subject: Re: [Starlink] a bit more starship news (David Lang) X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 18:10:53 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --===============0891234524532278566== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 2 May 2023, David P. Reed via Starlink wrote: > So, side note: > > Why does SpaceX "report a profitable quarter" and not release its full historical book of accounts? And why would someone on this list cite that number alone? (Any professional investor in Silicon Valley would be unimpressed - you can make a quarter look profitable by really simple games). I mentioned it in response to the claim that Starlink was not viable, losing money (or something to that effect) There has been the suggestion that SpaceX could spin off the Starlink into a separte business, that could then go public. SpaceX execs have said that would not happen before it was profitable, so reporters have been hounding the execs. As a result Gwen mentioned in an interview that they were at or near the point that it is profitable. There is no reason why they should have to release all their finances in such a situation (much as we would love to see them) David Lang --===============0891234524532278566== Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <928n2srp-0377-n3sp-0155-4n84r1q7qn9p@ynat.uz> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: INLINE X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KU3Rhcmxpbmsg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0ClN0YXJsaW5rQGxpc3RzLmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmJ1ZmZlcmJsb2F0Lm5ldC9saXN0aW5mby9zdGFybGluawo= --===============0891234524532278566==--