Elon Honored as SpaceX Wipes $40B Off Phone Giants

2026年10月9日，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）被授予工业巨头和最伟大的科技创始人之一的荣誉。他因在太空探索、智能系统、通信等领域取得的工程成就而获得国家科学奖章，这些成就推动了这些领域的发展，重塑了美国的技术领导地位，并开启了美国制造业的新篇章。 唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）赞扬了马斯克，强调了他的几项成就： * 埃隆于2002年用他的毕生积蓄创立了SpaceX，创造了第一枚私人开发的液氧燃料火箭，成功进入轨道。 * SpaceX“使美国国家航空航天局（NASA）不再需要依赖外国将我们的宇航员送入太空”。 * SpaceX因“12号乘组在几小时前安全从国际空间站返回”而受到祝贺。 * 在埃隆的领导下，SpaceX开发了历史上最大的火箭——星舰（Starship），它“凭空捕获以实现快速复用”。 * SpaceX还创建了最大的通信卫星网络——星链（Starlink）。特朗普讲述了星链在飓风期间通过提供必要的通信，在北卡罗来纳州挽救了“数百人的生命”。 * 埃隆创立了特斯拉（Tesla），这是“75年多来第一家成功的新汽车制造商”，生产了“首批商用电动汽车，搭载了首个消费者自动驾驶技术”。特朗普提到了他的叔叔约翰·特朗普（Dr. John Trump）博士，他曾认定尼古拉·特斯拉（Nikola Tesla）是一位“真正伟大的天才”。 * 通过Neuralink，埃隆“正在为那些无法看见、说话或行动的人恢复视力、言语和行动能力”。 * 埃隆将SpaceX的人工智能变成了“全球超智能领域的领导者之一”。 * 埃隆·马斯克被誉为“我们这个时代的托马斯·爱迪生（Thomas Edison）”。 播客主持人随后批评了“前总统政府”，指的是“乔·拜登（Joe Biden）”，称其对埃隆·马斯克“公开、赤裸裸的敌意”。主持人详细列举了几项过去的新闻事件，以说明这种被感知的敌意： * **2021年8月：** 拜登政府举办了一次电动汽车峰会，邀请了“通用汽车（government motors）、福特（Ford）和Stellantis”，但排除了特斯拉，而特斯拉是“遥遥领先的电动汽车领导者”。 * 此后，乔·拜登“错误地声称通用汽车引领了电动汽车革命”，并将其归功于“玛丽·B·埃斯帕拉（Mary B. Esparra）”。 * **次月：** “重建美好未来计划”（Build Back Better plan）提议为工会制造的汽车额外提供4500美元的电动汽车税收抵免，这将使特斯拉处于“巨大劣势”，因为它没有工会。 * **同月：** “灵感4号飞行”（Inspiration 4 flight），即美国公司“首次全平民轨道飞行”，得到了拜登政府“绝对的无线电静默”（即毫无反应）。 * 乔·拜登“在新闻发布会上暗示，值得调查埃隆·马斯克与其他国家的关系”。 * 一份星链提供农村宽带服务的合同，星链已赢得该合同，但被“联邦通信委员会（FCC）撤销、废除”，而“布伦丹·卡尔（Brendan Carr）”公开反对该决定，称其为“监管骚扰”。 * “美国司法部起诉SpaceX”理由是未雇用寻求庇护者和难民，主持人指出，这“根据出口管制规定本应是非法的”。该诉讼“很快就被撤销了”。 主持人随后公布了“今天的大新闻”，进一步证明了马斯克及其公司的创新能力： * **新闻一：建设全球最先进的移动网络：** SpaceX宣布达成协议，将收购“全国性低频段频谱许可证组合”，包括800 MHz频段高达14 MHz的配对频谱。这一“优质低频段频谱”解决了关键的技术空白，为星链移动（Starlink Mobile）成为“美国主要移动运营商”铺平了道路，通过使其信号能够“穿透墙壁等障碍物”，即使客户在建筑物内也能为其设备提供服务。 * **新闻二：联邦通信委员会批准下一代星链移动星座：** “联邦通信委员会批准了由15,000颗卫星组成的下一代星链移动星座”，以提供移动服务。这一点值得注意，因为正是这个联邦通信委员会此前撤销了一份已授予星链的合同。 * **市场影响：** 消息公布后，“美国三大移动运营商”（HT Mobile、AT&T、Verizon Communications）的股价“全部下跌近7%”，导致总市值“蒸发9400亿美元”。 主持人最后强调，“SpaceX正在以惊人的速度追逐着实实在在的、多层万亿美元的机会”，包括人工智能计算业务、人工智能模型、星链家用宽带、企业宽带、蜂窝服务以及发射业务。

On October 9, 2026, Elon Musk was honored as an industrial titan and one of the greatest technology founders. He received the National Medal of Science for engineering achievements that have pushed the frontiers of space exploration, intelligence systems, communications, and beyond, renewing American technological leadership and opening a new chapter in American manufacturing. Donald Trump praised Musk, highlighting several of his achievements: * Elon founded SpaceX in 2002 with his life savings, creating the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit. * SpaceX "saved NASA from relying on foreign nations to send our astronauts into space." * SpaceX was congratulated on the "safe return of Crew 12 from the International Space Station just a few hours ago." * Under Elon's leadership, SpaceX developed Starship, the largest rocket in history, which "caught out of thin air for rapid reuse." * SpaceX also created Starlink, the largest communication satellite network. Trump recounted how Starlink saved "hundreds of lives" in North Carolina during a hurricane by providing essential communication. * Elon created Tesla, the "first successful new car manufacturer in over 75 years," producing the "first commercially viable electric cars with the first consumer self-driving technology." Trump mentioned his uncle, Dr. John Trump, who determined Nikola Tesla was a "true and great genius." * Through Neuralink, Elon is "restoring sight, speech, and motion to those who cannot see, talk, or move." * Elon turned SpaceX AI into "one of the world's leaders in superintelligence." * Elon Musk was lauded as "our modern-day Thomas Edison." The podcast host then criticized the "prior presidential administration," referring to "Joe Biden," for its "overt, brazen hostility toward Elon Musk." The host detailed several past news items illustrating this perceived hostility: * **August 2021:** The Biden administration held an EV summit, inviting "government motors, Ford and Stellantis," but excluded Tesla, "far and away the leader in electric vehicles." * Following this, Joe Biden "falsely claims that GM had led the electric vehicle revolution," attributing it to "Mary B. Esparra." * **The following month:** The "Build Back Better plan proposed giving an extra $4,500 EV credit to union built cars," which would have put Tesla at a "massive disadvantage" as it is not unionized. * **The same month:** The "Inspiration 4 flight," the "first all-civilian orbital flight" by an American company, received "absolute radio silence" from the Biden administration. * Joe Biden "suggested in a press conference that it was worth looking into Elon Musk's ties to other countries." * A Starlink contract to deliver rural broadband services, which Starlink had won, was "rescinded, revoked by the FCC," with "Brendan Carr" publicly dissenting against the decision as "regulatory harassment." * The "US Justice Department sued SpaceX for not hiring asylees and refugees," which the host noted "would have been illegal due to export control rules." The lawsuit was "dropped pretty quickly." The host then presented "massive news today" further proving Musk's and his companies' innovation: * **News Item 1: Building the World's Most Advanced Mobile Network:** SpaceX announced an agreement to acquire a "nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio of up to 14 MHz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz band." This "prime low-band spectrum" addresses a key technical gap, paving the way for Starlink Mobile to become a "major mobile carrier in the US," by allowing its signal to "penetrate through obstacles such as walls and can provide service to customers' devices even when they are in buildings." * **News Item 2: FCC Approval for Next-Gen Starlink Mobile Constellation:** The "FCC approved the next-gen Starlink Mobile Constellation consisting of 15,000 satellites to deliver mobile service." This is notable as it's the same FCC that previously revoked an awarded Starlink contract. * **Market Impact:** Following this news, shares of the "big three mobile carriers in the US" (HT Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Communications) were "all down close to 7%," resulting in a combined "$940 billion market cap drop." The host concluded by emphasizing the "speed at which SpaceX is pursuing a literal handful of multi-decker trillion dollar opportunities," including AI compute business, AI models, Starlink home broadband, enterprise broadband, cell service, and the launch business.