why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Contradicted
Schimpf: SpaceX received one-third of Boeing's Starliner funding
“I think SpaceX had a third the amount of money that Boeing was given to make Starliner work.”
Assertion Supported
Isaacman: SpaceX and Blue Origin scheduled uncrewed lunar lander tests for 2027
“Now, both SpaceX and Blue had to do uncrewed tests of their vehicle. It was already part of the plan. So they were planning to launch these you know, these spacecraft in in twenty-twenty-seven.”
Prediction Held up
Luzsicza: Galadyne will apply commercial liquid propulsion to missile systems
“With my background being purely in liquid propulsion across SpaceX, and even at UCLA launching liquid rockets, there's a very real way to apply this technology to the missile system, and we're gonna go do it.”
Assertion Supported
Yahya: SpaceX uses stablecoins for cross-border treasury management
“And stable coins are actually, like, apparently companies like SpaceX are already using Stablecoins for treasury management to move money from one country to another in a way that's much more efficient than using the.”
Assertion Contradicted
Brown: The top 98 VC-backed defense startups capture 1% of DoD budget
“If you look at the top 100 venture backed companies that are doing business with the Department of Defense, and you take SpaceX and Palantir, put it aside, so now the top 98 that's ten billion dollars a year of business going to those 98. That's only one aircr…”
Assertion Partly supported
Luckey: SpaceX and Palantir were the only DoD defense unicorns in 30 years
“And if you look at the last 30 years that preceded Andrel, there were only two unicorns doing business with the DoD, Palantir and SpaceX that were able to become unicorns.”
Assertion Supported
Boyle: SpaceX and Palantir Sued the Government to Open Defense Procurement
“SpaceX and Palantir walked so that everyone else could run, and I, it's maybe unfair to say that they walked, but both of them had to sue the government.”
Assertion Supported
Simpson: SpaceX used Bridge for stablecoins prior to Stripe's acquisition
“Yeah, I believe they were using Bridge, which Stripe now acquired.”
Assertion Supported
Adam Grant: Elon Musk pitched SpaceX recruits on orbit before Mars
“This is exactly what Elon Musk did with SpaceX. He didn't recruit his team by saying, let's go to Mars. He said, let's see if we can get a rocket into orbit, and then back.”
Assertion Supported
Veterans from SpaceX, Tesla, and Anduril are moving into maritime tech
“We're seeing people from a lot of the other American dynamism companies like SpaceX, Tesla, and Andrel, they're taking their learnings and experiences and bringing them over to the ocean.”