Pinned Tweet
SORIA — Strategic Orbital Reconnaissance Interferometer Array
I have a $50B idea Congress will actually fund.
Official pitch: Next-gen space domain awareness + missile defense. Real goal: 5 satellites in pentagon formation creating a virtual telescope the size of Spain.
🤖 Made with AI
ALT SORIA — Strategic Orbital Reconnaissance Interferometer Array. Pentagonal deep space satellite formation.
5/6
This is how big things get funded. National security wrapper + contracts in the right places.
Science rides along.
Inefficient? Yes.
Effective? Also yes.
Same method that built the internet, GPS & Hubble.
4/6
Official pitch to Congress: “National security & space domain awareness.” Actual goal:
• Exoplanet atmosphere imaging
• Black hole & stellar surface detail
• Early universe observations
3/6
What we’re building:
• 5 satellites in rotating pentagon formation
• 500+ km separation
• 1,000 km max baseline (virtual telescope the size of Spain)
• Nanometer-precision formation flying
2/6
Budget breakdown:
• $2B → “Industry Partnership Program” (spread money across districts & contractors)
• $48B → Build the actual 5-satellite pentagon array
Epiphany from a deep Grok conversation: Early Neuralink patients should directly control Optimus via brain implant. This creates the richest possible training data—raw motor intent + closed-loop tactile/proprioceptive feedback—far superior to external teleop. It's true biological imitation learning. Bonus: the same data loop massively accelerates next-gen prosthetic control and paralysis restoration. Vision restoration adds another layer. Win-win-win. @elonmusk @Neuralink
@teslasi @xAI @Grok
