Sep 17, 2023
Hey reader, welcome to the 23rd White Pill. This issue features a beachy new exoplanet that maybe (just maybe) harbors microbial alien life, Starship launch #2 updates, a Japanese lunar excursion vehicle the size of a tennis ball, a development in US nuclear that I know you’ll love, the new (potentially) biggest lithium deposit ever found, holoprojectors, heartwarming ChatGPT news, fun stuff at the end, and much much more.
PS last week we teased an interview with Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society. That’s still coming! Next week.
elon announced that tesla will be winding down production of cybertruck — the most polarizing/ambitious/insane vehicle ever created. rest now, you beautiful, ugly giant. i’ll see you in valhalla.
ai slop is getting harder to spot. pangram ceo max spero has a plan.
america invented computers, but we can’t build them anymore. anduril and qualcomm are taking the ‘first step’ toward fixing that.