Musk's Twitter takeover based on free speech absolutism comes on eve of trial where shareholders are suing him for losses over 2018 tweet in which Musk claimed he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private. Claim made in middle of trading day. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Musk reached settlement with SEC that required him to step down as Tesla chairman for 3 years, pay $40 million fine (half from Tesla), and have a lawyer vet tweets that could impact Tesla share price. He said on 60 Minutes he wasn't going to let lawyers pre-approve tweets.

#VirginGalactic: Another year, another delay. Months, even years go by, between #SpaceShipTwo powered flights. Officially everything goes fine, except that it often doesn't. Everytime commercial flights are right around the corner, but then the deadlines come and go... ...the technology is complicated. And the reality nobody seems to want to address is that the tech might not be robust enough to get to the flight rates that they've been promising for 17 years. SpaceShipOne tech was good enough to win a prize in 2004, but it doesn't scale well.

#RichardBranson and #JeffBezos will fly in industry w no mandatory safety regulations to protect passengers & crew. FAA's only focus is making sure that people and property on the ground are not injured or killed. The agency can't step in until there is an accident or close call. A regulatory moratorium was put in place in 2004. It's been repeatedly extended and will expire in 2023 unless it is renewed. Purpose was to let companies experiment w different designs and approaches without burdening them with costly regulations.