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Elon Musk, the pioneer behind SpaceX and Tesla, is renowned for pushing the boundaries of technology. But his influence extends beyond space and electric cars—his yacht is a veritable sea-bound spaceship, a marvel that merges luxury, design, and technology.

A Fusion of Luxury and Tech

Elon Musk's yacht effortlessly blends opulence with cutting-edge technology. The interiors are awash with sleek, futuristic design elements that echo the aesthetics of Tesla's vehicles and SpaceX's spacecraft. From the smart lighting system that adjusts according to the time of day to the innovative climate control mechanism, the yacht exemplifies smart living.

Each stateroom is outfitted with a state-of-the-art entertainment system, which syncs with personal devices to offer a customized multimedia experience. Musk's love for minimalism is evident in the yacht's design—the furniture's clean lines and the muted color palette create a tranquil environment.

Navigating the Green Wave

Musk’s commitment to sustainability is well-documented, and his yacht is no exception. The yacht’s hull has been crafted from an eco-friendly composite material, and solar panels integrated into the design provide clean energy.

The onboard water purification system ensures that no waste water is discharged into the ocean, thus protecting marine life. Additionally, the yacht is powered by an electric motor, reflecting Musk's endeavor to promote zero-emission transportation.

Luxe Amenities on Board

The yacht houses a variety of upscale amenities. The onboard gym, equipped with cutting-edge fitness technology, allows guests to maintain their workout regimen while at sea. The yacht also features a modern spa with a sauna and massage room for the ultimate relaxation.

The highlight, however, is the panoramic observation deck. This magnificent space offers a 360-degree view of the surroundings and is the perfect spot for stargazing or watching the sunrise.

Gourmet Dining Experience

No yacht is complete without a sophisticated culinary setup, and Musk’s vessel is no different. The yacht houses a gourmet kitchen, featuring state-of-the-art appliances and a team of world-class chefs. Here, guests can indulge in a diverse menu of international cuisines, all prepared with locally-sourced and organic ingredients.

Adjacent to the kitchen, the elegant dining area can comfortably seat multiple guests, making it the perfect spot for intimate dinners or lavish parties.

Innovative Navigation and Safety Features

Consistent with Musk's reputation for technological innovation, the yacht’s navigation system employs advanced satellite technology and AI-assisted guidance. This not only ensures efficient travel but also significantly enhances safety at sea.

The yacht’s safety features are equally impressive, with comprehensive onboard surveillance, state-of-the-art fire suppression systems, and automated emergency protocols. These measures ensure that guests can enjoy their sea voyage with complete peace of mind.

Exploring the Underwater Realm

One of the most captivating features of Musk's yacht is the onboard mini-submarine. This underwater vehicle allows guests to explore the ocean depths in comfort and safety, offering a unique perspective of the marine world. The yacht also provides an array of diving and snorkeling equipment, inviting guests to take a closer look at the underwater life.

The Future of Yachting

Elon Musk’s yacht is not just a vessel; it’s a statement of the future. It stands as a testament to how technological innovations can revolutionize our lifestyle, even when we're out on the ocean. With its groundbreaking design and eco-conscious features, Musk's yacht sets a new standard for luxury sea travel, signaling the dawn of a new era in yachting.

In conclusion, Elon Musk's yacht is a testament to his vision for the future - a future that seamlessly blends luxury, technology, and sustainability. From the gourmet kitchen to the mini-submarine, every aspect of the yacht underscores Musk's commitment to redefining our experience of the world. And as we look ahead, one thing is certain: the future of yachting will indeed be exciting.

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A $30 million Instagram-famous superyacht in the Caribbean has installed Elon Musk's Starlink internet

• A $30 million superyacht has installed SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet.
• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the news was "cool" in a Twitter post.
• The captain told Teslarati that Starlink was a game-changer, but didn't work when crossing the Atlantic.

Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet, is now up and running on an Instagram-famous $30 million superyacht based in the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

Teslarati first reported the news. The captain and a spokesperson for the yacht confirmed the news to Insider.

Motor yacht Loon, billed as the world's most Instagrammed superyacht with "seven star" service, switched to Starlink when the maritime version of the service was released in early July, Captain Paul Clarke told Insider.

Musk responded to the Teslarati article on Twitter, saying "cool." The billionaire is the founder of SpaceX, which owns Starlink. The company has more than 2,900 satellites currently in orbit, launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets.

Starlink Maritime on Loon costs $5,000 a month for consistent speeds, ranging from 150 Megabits per second to 200 Megabits per second, Clarke said. This is a drop in price from the yacht's previous internet service, Viasat, which charged $10,000 a month for speeds of 50 to 80 Megabits per second, Clarke added.

"We've thrown everything we can at it, and it hasn't missed a beat," Clarke told Insider.

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Clarke told Teslarati that Starlink was a "total game-changer" because every television on the 180-foot yacht is now able to stream in high-definition.

When Loon crossed the Atlantic Ocean, Starlink didn't work, Clarke told Teslarati. He reached out to Starlink's support team, who told him the service is expected to work in that area towards the end of the year, Clarke said in the interview.

Clarke plans to test Starlink when Loon crosses the Atlantic again in May next year, he told Teslarati.

A spokesperson for Loon told Insider the crew onboard the yacht have experienced good internet connection thanks to Starlink, saying their experience was "really positive."

The spokesperson added that Starlink has enabled the yacht's onboard videographer to share content "much more efficiently."

Loon has more than 62,000 followers on Instagram , where it posts scenic pictures of the yacht, crew, food onboard, and activities available during a charter. Clarke told Teslarati the yacht was worth $30 million. Loon can accommodate 12 guests and 14 crew and has an infinity pool, jacuzzi, and open-air bar, according to its website .

As Starlink expands its network, users across the world are reporting the different ways they are deploying Starlink. One user told Insider last week that he took Starlink on a week's sailing vacation to Greece and said the service was "surprisingly good."

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Elon Musk Parties on Luxury Yacht in Greece After Twitter Sues Him to Enforce $44 Billion Deal

Elon Musk spent time in Mykonos, Greece one week after filing to back out of purchasing Twitter

Elon Musk is on vacation!

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, 51, was spotted relaxing on a luxury yacht moored off the coast of Mykonos, Greece, on Sunday.

Keeping things casual in a plain T-shirt and swim shorts, Musk appeared to be kicking back with friends following the termination of his deal to purchase Twitter , for which Twitter is suing him, and a feud with former President Donald Trump.

Musk's new spat with Trump, 76, started during a July 9 political rally in Alaska, when Trump spoke about the billionaire's claim that he'd recently voted for a Republican for the first time, according to The Washington Post .

"He said the other day, 'Oh, I've never voted for a Republican.' I said, 'I didn't know that,'" Trump said at the rally. "He told me he voted for me, so he's another bull— artist."

Musk responded to Trump's criticism via Twitter in a reply to a Breitbart News tweet that shared Trump's comments.

"I don't hate the man, but it's time for Trump to hang up his hat & sail into the sunset," wrote Musk. "Dems should also call off the attack – don't make it so that Trump's only way to survive is to regain the Presidency."

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Trump replied on Truth Social that Musk "should focus on getting himself out of the Twitter mess because he could owe $44 billion for something that's perhaps worthless."

In a further post, Trump mulled about why Musk was "allowed to break the $15 million stock purchase barrier on Twitter without any reporting?"

"That is a very serious breach! Have fun Elon and @jack , go to it!" he wrote, bringing Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey into the conversation.

Musk had previously said he would reverse Trump's permanent Twitter ban , a result of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol , if his Twitter deal succeeded.

After Musk filed to terminate his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter on July 8, the social media company's board said it planned to sue him to make sure the much-anticipated deal finally goes through.

Musk responded to Twitter's plan to force him to acquire the company via lawsuit by tweeting a meme of himself laughing in a series of four photos, with captions that read: "They said I couldn't buy Twitter, Then they wouldn't disclose bot info, Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court, Now they have to disclose bot info in court."

When Musk filed to terminate the deal, he claimed that Twitter did not provide enough information about the number of fake accounts and bots on the social media platform, and didn't give his team enough data to do their own analysis.

"Sometimes Twitter has ignored Mr. Musk's requests, sometimes it has rejected them for reasons that appear to be unjustified, and sometimes it has claimed to comply while giving Mr. Musk incomplete or unusable information," read the filing.

Twitter launched a lawsuit against Musk on Tuesday to "compel" his completion of the deal. In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Twitter claimed Musk acted in "bad faith" after reaching a deal to buy the social media platform earlier this year.

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"In April 2022, Elon Musk entered into a binding merger agreement with Twitter, promising to use his best efforts to get the deal done," Twitter said in the complaint, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery. "Now, less than three months later, Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests," it continued.

"Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away," the company claimed.

Attorneys for Musk haven't responded to PEOPLE's request for comment about the lawsuit.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos have been vying for the world’s richest person ranking all year after the former’s wealth soared a staggering US$160 billion in 2020, putting him briefly in the top spot .

Musk isn’t alone in seeing a significant increase in wealth during a year of pandemic, recession and death. Altogether, the world’s billionaires saw their wealth surge over $1.9 trillion in 2020, according to Forbes.

Those are astronomical numbers, and it’s hard to get one’s head around them without some context. As anthropologists who study energy and consumer culture, we wanted to examine how all that wealth translated into consumption and the resulting carbon footprint.

Walking in a billionaire’s shoes

We found that billionaires have carbon footprints that can be thousands of times higher than those of average Americans.

The wealthy own yachts, planes and multiple mansions, all of which contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. For example, a superyacht with a permanent crew, helicopter pad, submarines and pools emits about 7,020 tons of CO2 a year, according to our calculations, making it by the far worst asset to own from an environmental standpoint. Transportation and real estate make up the lion’s share of most people’s carbon footprint, so we focused on calculating those categories for each billionaire.

To pick a sample of billionaires, we started with the 2020 Forbes List of 2,095 billionaires. A random or representatives sample of billionaire carbon footprints is impossible because most wealthy people shy away from publicity , so we had to focus on those whose consumption is public knowledge. This excluded most of the superrich in Asia and the Middle East .

We combed 82 databases of public records to document billionaires’ houses, vehicles, aircraft and yachts. After an exhaustive search, we started with 20 well-known billionaires whose possessions we were able to ascertain, while trying to include some diversity in gender and geography. We have submitted our paper for peer review but plan to continue adding to our list.

We then used a wide range of sources, such as the U.S. Energy Information Administration and Carbon Footprint , to estimate the annual CO2 emissions of each house, aircraft, vehicle and yacht. In some cases we had to estimate the size of houses from satellite images or photos and the use of private aircraft and yachts by searching the popular press and drawing on other studies . Our results are based on analyzing typical use of each asset given its size and everything else we could learn.

We did not try to calculate each asset’s “ embodied carbon ” emissions – that is, how much CO2 is burned throughout the supply chain in making the product – or the emissions produced by their family, household employees or entourage. We also didn’t include the emissions of companies of which they own part or all, because that would have added another significant degree of complexity. For example, we didn’t calculate the emissions of Tesla or Amazon when calculating Musk’s or Bezos’ footprints.

In other words, these are all likely conservative estimates of how much they emit.

Your carbon footprint

To get a sense of perspective, let’s start with the carbon footprint of the average person.

Residents of the U.S., including billionaires, emitted about 15 tons of CO2 per person in 2018. The global average footprint is smaller, at just about 5 tons per person.

In contrast, the 20 people in our sample contributed an average of about 8,190 tons of CO2 in 2018. But some produced far more greenhouse gases than others.

The jet-setting billionaire

Roman Abramovich, who made most of his $19 billion fortune trading oil and gas, was the biggest polluter on our list. Outside of Russia, he is probably best known as the headline-grabbing owner of London’s Chelsea Football Club.

Abramovich cruises the Mediterranean in his superyacht, named the Eclipse , which at 162.5 meters bow to stern is the second-biggest in the world, rivaling some cruise ships. And he hops the globe on a custom-designed Boeing 767 , which boasts a 30-seat dining room. He takes shorter trips in his Gulfstream G650 jet, one of his two helicopters or the submarine on his yacht.

He maintains homes in many countries, including a mansion in London’s Kensington Park Gardens, a chateau in Cap D’Antibes in France and a 28-hectare estate in St. Barts that once belonged to David Rockefeller . In 2018, he left the U.K. and settled in Israel , where he became a dual citizen and bought a home in 2020 for $64.5 million.

We estimate that he was responsible for at least 33,859 metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2018 – more than two-thirds from his yacht, which is always ready to use at a moment’s notice year-round.

Massive mansions and private jets

Bill Gates, currently the world’s fourth-richest person with $124 billion, is a “modest” polluter – by billionaire standards – and is typical of those who may not own a giant yacht but make up for it with private jets.

Co-founder of Microsoft, he retired in 2020 to manage the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest charity, with an endowment of $50 billion.

In the 1990s, Gates built Xanadu – named after the vast fictional estate in Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” – at a cost of $127 million in Medina, Washington. The giant home covers 6,131 square meters, with a 23-car garage, a 20-person cinema and 24 bathrooms. He also owns at least five other dwellings in Southern California, the San Juan Islands in Washington state, North Salem, New York, and New York City, as well as a horse farm , four private jets, a seaplane and “a collection” of helicopters .

We estimated his annual footprint at 7,493 metric tons of carbon, mostly from a lot of flying.

The environmentally minded tech CEO

South African-born Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, has a surprisingly low carbon footprint despite being the world’s second-richest person, with $177 billion – and he seems intent on setting an example for other billionaires .

He doesn’t own a superyacht and says he doesn’t even take vacations .

We calculated a relatively modest carbon footprint for him in 2018, thanks to his eight houses and one private jet. This year, his carbon footprint would be even lower because in 2020 he sold all of his houses and promised to divest the rest of his worldly possessions .

While his personal carbon footprint is still hundreds of times higher than that of an average person, he demonstrates that the superrich still have choices to make and can indeed lower their environmental impact if they so choose.

His estimated footprint from the assets we looked at was 2,084 tons in 2018.

The value of naming and shaming

The aim of our ongoing research is to get people to think about the environmental burden of wealth.

While plenty of research has shown that rich countries and wealthy people produce far more than their share of greenhouse gas emissions, these studies can feel abstract and academic, making it harder to change this behavior.

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We believe “shaming” – for lack of a better word – superrich people for their energy-intensive spending habits can have an important impact, revealing them as models of overconsumption that people shouldn’t emulate.

Newspapers, cities and local residents made an impact during the California droughts of 2014 and 2015 by “drought shaming” celebrities and others who were wasting water, seen in their continually green lawns . And the Swedes came up with a new term – “ flygskam ” or flying shame – to raise awareness about the climate impact of air travel.

Climate experts say that to have any hope of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, countries must cut their emissions in half by 2030 and eliminate them by 2050.

Asking average Americans to adopt less carbon-intensive lifestyles to achieve this goal can be galling and ineffective when it would take about 550 of their lifetimes to equal the carbon footprint of the average billionaire on our list.

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Elon Musk spends time aboard luxury yacht in Greece amid Twitter dispute

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Elon Musk took a hit in Chancery Court — and another one in Mykonos

Lawsuits and yacht memes for everybody.

By David Pierce , editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

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Welcome to this week’s edition of This Week in Chancery Court! Delaware’s moment in the sun continues as the fight between Elon Musk and Twitter shifts from fiery tweets… to fiery legal filings. 

Here’s where we are: lawsuits. Twitter wanted to have a trial as quickly as possible. “This very public dispute harms Twitter with each passing day Musk is in breach,” Twitter said in a legal filing. (The company also reported earnings going down, and basically blamed Musk for its weak performance the last three months.) Musk’s team wanted to move the trial to next February so it could run more tests on Twitter’s firehose to figure out… something, something spam bots? 

Kathaleen McCormick, chancellor of the Court of Chancery — name a more iconic job title, I’ll wait — ruled quickly on the subject. (She also has COVID-19 because why not add some more chaos to the proceedings!) The trial will start in October , and it will last five days. That’s not quite as soon as Twitter had hoped, but it’s a big win for the company nonetheless.

It sure seems like the overall feeling about this merger has started to change. Twitter’s stock is up almost 10 percent this week, which is a strong signal from investors that they think that, at the very least, Twitter’s going to wring a big payday out of Musk. (Though Twitter’s still trading well below $54.20 a share.) The hedge fund Pentwater Capital has bought big into Twitter recently , making a similar bet. Noted short sellers Hindenburg Research have also taken a long position on Twitter .

But Chancellor McCormick is the only person who really matters going forward because this is a bench trial. Still, out here in the wild, it seems “Elon Musk, the rogue cowboy who plays by his own rules to save the world” is being replaced in many people’s minds by “Elon Musk, the nonstop bundle of directionless chaos.” His cheering section and reply-guy army are still going strong, but the people who matter — and write big checks and decide big lawsuits — aren’t so taken with him anymore.

But wait, sorry. We’ve gotten way too far in without talking about the real Musk news of the week: Yacht Pics! Musk was apparently a recent guest on a yacht with Ari Emanuel in Mykonos, where he was spotted looking — I mean, let’s just say it — pasty as all hell. From the man who likes to talk about all the nights spent sleeping in a Tesla factory, this is not terribly shocking, and as a Fellow Pasty, I’m certainly not here to cast aspersions, but here’s hoping his SPF was strong that day. It’s been hot out there this summer, friends.

The timing of all of this doesn’t feel like a coincidence. Musk has a history of doing relatively harmless tabloid fodder-y things around big business moments, most notably when he made everyone forget about Tesla’s executive turnover and sinking stock price… by smoking a blunt on Joe Rogan’s podcast . Or the April Fools’ Twitter thread that stole headlines from a deadly Tesla crash and concerns about its credit rating. Remember the “funding secured” tweet ? Remember how that came right in the middle of a huge production crunch at the company, a string of crashes, and an ongoing SEC investigation? Or the time, right after Insider had requested comment on a story about a flight attendant who says Musk propositioned her for sex, Musk went on Twitter to say he’d be attacked for his newfound Republicanism? Nobody redirects quite like Musk.

Musk tried to laugh the whole thing off but also quickly claimed he was “ back in the factory ” by the time the photos came out. See, hard work at all costs is kinda his thing — and the thing he likes to force on the people who work for him . This is the guy, after all, who has frequently talked about how vacations will kill you . It’s not exactly a great look to light a bunch of fires at every company you run or hope to run and then just bugger off to Mykonos for a Mediterranean romp.

Anyway, congrats to whichever paparazzo snapped these photos, which are already climbing the ranks of the most-memed Musk photos. We have Elon Musk, the Golden Triangle of Perfection; Elon Musk, secretly a prototype of the Optimus robot ; Elon Musk, bizarro Captain America . (And in less flattering comparisons, Elon Musk, Immortan Joe .) I could do this all day. It’s amazing.

Also, the yacht is called Zeus, it’s 79 feet long, and it costs a bit over $7,000 a day to rent. This is not important information, but I spent a while researching it, so I figured I’d share.

Back in the factory, it was an interesting week: Tesla reported earnings on Wednesday and said it made $2.26 billion on $16.9 billion in revenue. Both numbers were down from last quarter but up from a year ago. Among other things, the company announced it has sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin , which added $936 million in cash to its balance sheet. 

Musk has long promised to be a Bitcoin HODLer: he said exactly a year ago that “I might pump but I don’t dump” and that “I would like to see Bitcoin succeed.” Now, post-dump, he said the sale “should not be taken as some verdict on Bitcoin.” Rather, Tesla was just “concerned about overall liquidity of the company given COVID shutdowns in China.” Which is kind of scary sounding! But he also said he thinks the hardest period is over, and he’s been doomsday prophesying about the economy for a while now, so the explanation didn’t raise the alarm it might normally. 

What made less sense? Musk said Tesla also owns Dogecoin and hasn’t sold any of it (yet). Tesla also has about $18.9 billion in easily accessible reserves, so that $936 million sure helps but isn’t going to change the company’s outlook much. It sounds more like an excuse to get out of yet another increasingly bad investment. He also called crypto “a sideshow to the sideshow.”

Musk called crypto “a sideshow to the sideshow,” but he kept all his Dogecoin

It’s possible that we’re headed into a relatively quiet period of Elon Doing Things. The Twitter trial has a date, and Musk’s team is surely telling him that all the tweeting he’s doing about it is not helping his case. (Not that Musk is known for doing the reasonable things his reasonable employees tell him to do.) It might be time to batten down the hatches, try and solve some of the many corporate headaches his behavior has caused at Tesla and SpaceX, and I don’t know, run some more searches on the firehose. Or, honestly, drop all of that and get back on the yacht. A little vitamin D might help.

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