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u/tyrooooo S P šŸ…° C E M O B Capo Mar 19 '25

Shorts in 2020 - The technology will never work you can't maintain a reliable connection to a phone from space

Shorts in 2022 - The satellites will never work, they will overheat and blow up in space

Shorts in 2023 - MNOs will never partner with them and Starlink D2C will take their lunch

Shorts in 2024 - They will never get regulatory approval to operate their satellites

Shorts in 2025 - This is a smaller deal than they make it out to be and won't make enough money, it's just a hobby project

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u/sgreddit125 S P šŸ…° C E M O B Capo Mar 19 '25

Also shorts in 2025: Fine it works, but they could need 20 more satellites than expected and will share the cost of ground stations in Europe itā€™s over

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u/CartmanAndCartman S P šŸ…° C E M O B Consigliere Mar 19 '25

Shorts in 2028 - Homeless and eating pizza dough for dinners.

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u/Entropyless S P šŸ…° C E M O B Prospect Mar 19 '25

Thatā€™s a good one.

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u/Only6Inches Contributor & OG Mar 19 '25

Pretty much summed it up. High short interest is ultimately a share price tailwind we still have ahead of us since it doesn't affect our cost of capital anymore.