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Astrophysicist Adam Becker discusses the unrealistic valuations of SpaceX's plans with host Jeff Goldfarb.
Elon Musk’s rockets-to-AI venture is getting closer to a $1.8 trln IPO. In this episode of The Big View, astrophysicist Adam Becker, author of ‘More Everything Forever,’ tells Jeff Goldfarb about the folly of ascribing value to plans to put data centers in space or colonize Mars. Adam Becker: More Everything Forever Breakingviews: SpaceX’s $1.75 trln hope rests on Musk imagination Podcast: Dreaming Against the Machine Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Goldfarb
Guest: Adam Becker
Topics covered
- SpaceX
- Elon Musk
- astrophysics
- IPO
- data centers
- colonization of Mars
Keywords
- SpaceX
- Elon Musk
- IPO
- astrophysicist
- data centers
- Mars colonization
- investment
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Organizations: SpaceX, Reuters, Breakingviews, Thomson Reuters, megaphone.fm
Books & works: More Everything Forever
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