I know the booster landing was the main event But massive shout to the heatshield team! 🥹❤️ When they asked us to swap the assembly after flight 4 it felt impossible. Thousands of hours of work later, we made an on target entry. So proud of the team for the monumental effort

I was at the store and the cashier asked me what I do. I said SpaceX I explained we have a launch attempt today and she’s like “oh the big rocket? That’s interesting” Always humbling to remember most people don’t seem to know or care about any of this 🤣🤣

Just installed @Tesla FSD 13.2.1 and did my usual test loop through town Absolute 🪄 magic Not a single flaw to note down I started 2024 loudly voicing about how awful and useless FSD was Now at year end, I’d trust it with my life Pace of progress has been astonishing

Today marked my 5th yr anniversary at SpaceX 🎉 🚀 🚀 Not trying to clout chase on this. Just proud I made it. Been on my mind all weekend. I was the first engineer hired for the heatshield at Starbase. What a crazy wild ride. I feel like I have been broken down and rebuilt 100 times. I grew up at Starbase, this has been the majority of my adult life. This sand bar, is the place I have spent the majority of my life, aside from my parents house. So grateful my bosses took a chance on me and I joined when I did. Elon talks about model 3 production hell. I remember reading that in college, thinking I understood what he meant. I really did not. But now I do. My bad days easily outnumber my good days. It feels like drowning a lot and sometimes you get a big gulp of air. Thankful for the friends I made, these people, make the hard days so much easier I believe this project is going to work, and any sacrifice on my end will be worth it beyond measure Humanity is about to do something that will be remembered, for as long as our species exists. Millenia will pass, and this work will still hold meaning, as the innovation that allowed us to reach into the stars. I had the honor to be alive during this period and I actually helped. How incredible is that? How could I not go to the grave fulfilled? I will leave you with a small piece of Jay Nagy lore. During my earliest days when I needed motivation, I’d drive into work playing Today by Smashing Pumpkins on repeat as loud as I could get away with. “Can’t wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long”

Special launch for me I was the first permanent engineer on the thermal team in Starbase So many long days, long years,dreaming of re-entry vids Me and these rockets, both go through hell and back in service of the mars goal Always grateful to be here. Cheers 🥂 to re-entry 💖

I’ll never forget working at ULA and a boss telling me “it might be economically feasible, if they could get them to land and launch 9 or more times, but that won’t happen in your life kid”

Roland Gutierrez is a fool, we need more factories, more makers and more capitalism. Accelerate on all fronts When Elon Musk makes a trillion dollars the entire nation benefits. When the government makes a trillion dollars…that’s called inflation In Texas we love Tesla

One of our techs did an awesome job yesterday and I was like “Mars will remember you!” He tells me more seriously “no way man, nobody will remember the techs, not a soul, they only care about engineering” I hope everyone realizes that engineering doesn’t build these rockets. Legions of the most hardcore techs you’ve ever seen assemble these ships Its a group thing, but if we ever make it, there should be a monument on Mars of like an unknown figure in a welding hood “To the technicians of SpaceX, who made this possible”

3 year anniversary working @SpaceX 😜 That poor kid had no idea he was going to hit the bullseye on living his dream. Cheers to this next year, promises to be an incredible one 🥂 🚀

I was getting my teeth cleaned like a month ago and my hygienist said “I haven’t been to Boca since 2020, after you all ruined it I just can’t bring myself to see the damage” Like, What!? Compared to 5 years ago it is so much nicer/safer. This beach has never been more loved and cared for. Really hoping these events change the public perception bit by bit

I’ve worked on a good number of teams in my life, with a great many people. Nothing tops the heatshield squad. Proud of this team. Here’s to the first of many re-entry videos 🥂

I actually proposed to her on this hill years ago I’ve made many mistakes with both my marriage and these rockets…but failing fast and rapid iteration can carry you far

We need makers in charge. So many of our problems result from most of the government being run by the “takers” Stop electing people who have never built anything

A little fraction of your Starbase thermal squad today🔥 This crew are like the Dothraki or something from game of thrones, just relentless

In the Hobbit the dwarves are like “we’re only tinkerers, miners, toymakers, not great warriors” Thorin says “I’d take each and every one of you over a full army any day. Because you answered when called. Loyalty and a willing heart. I can ask no more” That’s like Starship TPS These techs have put in more than you can ever imagine and as always they deserve the lion’s share of credit. I am continually inspired and grateful that I’ve been able to watch this rag tag team rise to the occasion and deliver such a world changing system Incredible day

Really feels like this launch will mark the end of that beginning era for the starship program You look back at the factory and you just know whatever comes next is about to be incredible

The product is the factory I think someone smart said that and we all took it to heart

Omg finally thank you for saying something! So many of you with awful tile takes

I see why Elon is rolling out the FSD free trials. They’re locked in with V12. We’re like one decent update away from real magic. Honestly about to buy Tesla stock every week now. Search my post history, I was an FSD hater a month ago, this has converted me Drove all around town tonight. One interaction in 45 minutes Auto Park worked flawlessly in multiple tests I ran

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SpaceX forever!!!!

I love that I know people on that beam. Hope this goes in some grandkids history book so I can be like “oh yea, me and that guy partied”

These high quality tile close ups ❤️🙏 They pull so much emotion from me. I know how each shape came to be. Which tech installed each region. What all the little symbols mean. Every area of struggle, no longer obvious. I don’t have kids but damn it’s gotta be a similar feeling.

You all suck at journalism. Truly awful under-researched lazy reporting. X is going to put you out of business. Half your posts on every site get ratio’d by high schoolers with bigger brains

I was rolling down HWY4 at the exact right moment to catch this rainbow hitting the rocket garden Gives me a good feeling about flight 10 ❤️ 🚀

These people just want to see SpaceX fail because they hate Elon. The beach has never been cleaner and better cared for. They still have absolutely abundant opportunity to continue enjoying it FOR FREE like always Sick of ABC and their biased trash

Been the honor of my life to work with this lot of people building these

If Chris was my professor in an engineering college I’d have legit transferred schools. Insufferable

People always tell me this. I’m always like look at aluminum. They used to treat that like a precious metal and now we literally just throw it in the garbage after we drink soda from it.

The world doesn’t understand what’s unfolding here A new future for our species is being dragged into reality. Absolutely relentless pace. I love it

Rest up babe, you’ll be plunging through hell tomorrow and hopefully coming out the other side. Make us proud ❤️ 🍀

SpaceX is god tier Relentless pace Unmatched

I am blown away by FSD 12.5 True magic 🪄 In 6 months I have gone from a vocal @Tesla FSD hater, to a true believer This easily matches my driving capabilities and VASTLY exceeds those of the average South Texas driver Buying more stock, its checkmate on traditional autos

Feels like heaven is behind us today. God speed flight 9, give me those sweet sweet reentry views 🤤

If this successfully re-enters I will finally add a mythical glowing red tile to the arm

I love @RGVaerialphotos Really puts everything into perspective

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Dragon capsules are finally arriving from SpaceX store 😀

“Basically think of this as the tiles mission” 🫡 I hope we learn lots

God speed ship ❤️ make us proud!!!

Need to push back on thinking like this, in every single arena of life South Texas wants high paying, high impact jobs. We want our children to stay and dream. We want to be known for more than border issues We’re going to prove people like her wrong, this isn’t a fantasy

Of course they choose her to speak. Her claim to fame is spray painting “gentrified” on a beautiful mural downtown I’m sick of hearing about her. My grandparents grew up down here, back breaking labor picking cotton with middle school educations If they could see the opportunity here now, they’d be absolutely rejoicing, not crying because the beach gets shut down a few days a year to enable that. Ridiculous

Calling it now Trump and @JDVance1 win They come to South Texas right away to assess the border situation They meet with @elonmusk at Starbase and watch a starship launch JFK style speech 2.0 about getting to the moon and Mars Second space race begins

Isn’t it wild that TikTok is worth more than SpaceX Scrolly video app vs company chasing a second a planet

🔥 I’d straight up never recover if I was CEO of a rocket company and this shit happened to me. That becomes your legacy

Starbase cooked hard this summer

One of the real OG’s needs help. Sergio has helped push this site from an empty field to a world class spaceport. Hardly a person can think of Starbase without him coming to mind. Anything helps. Starbase Strong 💪 gofund.me/0cf63a38

Starbase cat has survived another feeeze Yay!

Incredible

Yea, super common opinion. A lot of people are just default negative on growth of any kind. Default negative on Elon and anything he touches.

SpaceX Christmas party🎅 🎉 🚀

Wen Mars?

My favorite shot I’ve seen out of yesterday. This program is really symbolic of everything good in our country

agree with you entirely @xdNiBoR follow the money and look at who pays for her to basically go around and slander our name. This is a woman who vandalized property to get a point across. I live here, I’m allowed to have an opinion, she’s awful

People thought buying Alaska for 7 million dollars was an awful idea They called it Seward’s folly and mocked him for making the deal Short sighted, ignorant people couldn’t see the value in this barren wasteland Will be the same with the moon and Mars. Tune out the noise

South Texas is a desert for them, but you get massive Tesla influx here for SpaceX launches. NEED more asap on the road from Austin to Brownsville

This is the life’s work of many people. This guy trashes it constantly as he sits on the sidelines. Get in the trenches or get out of the way. I welcome constructive criticism, of which his rarely is

To mars!!!

😞ouch. So much effort Not a good day for your boy

Impossible ➡️ Inevitable

*Everyone who cares about spaceflight*

Tomorrow will be the first time I don’t see a Starship launch in person, had to go home for a funeral RIP Jack - he was a true legend and good man Got me thinking about when I pass Please take my ashes Bake them into heatshield tiles Send me plunging into the Martian atmosphere

I am a great patriot!!!!!! ITS LIKE HE IS TALKING TO ME

Brownsville TX Thing is going to have a 10 mile long line can guarantee that

Finally delivered 😭 That’s what it’s all about Morty, collecting patches, that’s my one arm man. You think I give a shit about Mars?! I just want these patches Morty. I don’t care if it takes 9 more years to accumulate all these patches I’m gong to get these patches Morty!!!!

Tesla Lithium is really getting big. Was just a tent in plowed field not too long ago

I had a surgery and every day at 3am they’d come to give me a shot in the stomach. It was painful and would keep me awake after. One day I asked them to stop so I could sleep…and they just stopped and said OK can do. Like wtf why didn’t you do that before!?

They say the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles

Starship Heatshield 👏 👏 👏 Still learning 👨‍🔬🧪 Still going through hell and back

The girl who gave me my coffee was making small talk Says she has a 13 hour day ahead of her Probably making close to min wage. Like 90$ after they tax it 90$ for a full day of your life I paid more for my coffee than they pay for an hour of her existence Winners and losers Don’t get caught on the wrong side of that line Idk I just don’t know how people get through this life sometimes. Makes me feel grateful but also miserable

USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸

They chose the right person for the FCC! 🇺🇸

Here’s an idea Shipyard Port of Brownsville Co-locate with Starbase Special economic zone for the future

After watching the VP debate this week - Realized they are not messing around and I should buy a rifle before it’s illegal or obnoxiously difficult Proud owner of my first rifle

senior year of college a friend had me send them a spreadsheet of classes we had left to graduate (same major) In the corner I had an arrow that led to box labeled SpaceX and he told me “seriously Jay? Isn’t it time you let that go?” Nope gfy

Wow the actual answer, thank you!

He finally answered thank god! Crazy the amount of people I see just flat out calling us stupid as if we would forget 🤣😭

Nothing brings me more dread than coming back to Brownsville. Nothing has ever brought me so much sadness, as to be stuck here and watch my 20s slip through my fingers in such a miserable place I think the day I leave here will be the happiest day of my entire life

I knew it would work that morning when I drove in and a rainbow was over Starbase 😊

Definitely an opinion many around here hold. More crazy to say that stuff with a bunch of utensils in my mouth. It ain’t no thang if I have the chance to reason with them

Taylor Swift- “you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me” Me: *laughs in Starbase 2020*

Yea. Seeing a lot of these posts today. You know who I’m empathetic to? This community who has been ignored and stuck below the poverty line for the last 80 years, just FINALLY starting to claw its way out. Literally half these interviews…are her on the beach, she is claiming they lost. It’s clean! It’s gorgeous! She’s literally standing on in! I personally have no empathy for her fake situation

America is going to have an incredible 4 years Acceleration will be intense 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Thank you Trump & Elon for all you do!

Wild that they are making fun of her in the comments Large percentage of Americans are afraid to fly on an airplane…plenty of people I know refuse to get on highways Haters are always lurking, no doubt many will never exceed 85mph in life, gotta tune them out

I remember being a kid and staying up all night with my friend Watching How It’s Made and Modern Marvels. Spent the whole summer like that. I freaking loved computer games, where you had to set up assembly lines and produce things faster and faster. Games like Factorio, before that existed …even so, I never once thought “I want to work on a factory when I grow up” Even in engineering school, I remember someone from our local Jeep factory came in to talk, and I found it repulsive. I distinctly remember thinking, please I’ll do anything but work a production line Yet here I am haha, working in and building a factory. Turned out to be a wildly engaging problem that I fell into by accident. When I applied to this job, nothing mentioned a factory or production rates. I’d say at this point, if I’m still doing engineering long term, I want to be scaling production Massive public relations problem with manufacturing. If you’re in school you need to give it a fair chance

This would be so crazy for me It feels like yesterday I was flipping burgers for minimum wage I’d drive home crying in my worthless car that couldn’t go over 35mph SpaceX is unstoppable Bitcoin is raging Feels like I finally made it and can weather any future storms 🥹🙏

Now I’ve got 2!!! SpaceX skateboards The upper one was supposedly made out of left over carbon fiber scraps from the Hawthorne factory and sold on the employee store Lower one was a custom run by @loadedboards I had to have it for the heatshield tiles on the back 🥳

Can feel each day tick like a minute. We’ve got a date with destiny.

Come near Starbase, drop a facility into Deep South Texas that is focused on off world tech It is my dream that all companies working this problem assemble like the Avengers in this proving ground These don’t have to be renders much longer

Since the moment we caught that booster

Yes you heard of the Texas Triangle….but I dream of the Texas Diamond It could be the economic engine of the nation. Factories, energy of all kinds, robots, a coastline filled with leisure and nature. Sprawling cities. Few regulations, sane border policy. All possible

Tim Walz in shambles Congrats Elon!

Like I said, it’s going to come so fast, you won’t even realize what happened until your nephew introduces his girlfriend at thanksgiving and it’s just a Grok companion

Hahaha I’m also in the dark on this one. I hope we get a special Starbase banana

Starlink Mini (with cat for scale) Small, light and good looking With this, my Tesla, and electricity, I have more capability than entire empires once did. Pure freedom

I got way too excited about this. Like what are the chances

Oh look at that! Is a techno optimist considering running for Congress!?

Or to anyone reading this…Move to the Rio Grande Valley. We have a massive shortage of skilled workers. We are building and need help

The people building the future deserve people who care about the future. I’m so fed up with this place. You all have no idea how bad it is I’ll plan a formal announcement for after I get my affairs in order, but I’m legally a candidate for Congress now Let’s save South Texas