SpaceX Resigns is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 44 hours, 10 threads about it surfaced across 4 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/technology, r/politics and r/business. That adds up to around 46K upvotes and 2.5K comments. People are searching for it on Google too (“nasa astronauts” in Google Trends for US).
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- CNBC: SpaceX says Google exec Don Harrison has resigned from its board
SpaceX announced that Don Harrison, a Google executive, has resigned from the company's board of directors.
- NASA: NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps - NASA
U.S. citizens interested in joining the astronaut corps have until 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 3, to submit their completed application materials at:
The numbers in the headlines
- $420 billion: cited by a post in r/business
- $10 billion: cited by a post in r/technology
The amounts vary between posts and reports. Early estimates in a breaking story are often incomplete, so treat the numbers attributed to a named outlet or investigator as the more reliable ones.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/technology | 5 | 43,919 | 2,219 | Nov 7, 14:52 UTC |
| r/politics | 3 | 1,592 | 146 | Nov 7, 03:23 UTC |
| r/business | 1 | 489 | 29 | Nov 7, 08:11 UTC |
| r/singularity | 1 | 1 | 101 | Nov 8, 07:54 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Texas Governor-Elect Requests Pause on Land Talks With SpaceXr/technology · 18,425 upvotes · 973 comments · Nov 7, 14:52 UTC · Bloomberg
- ‘That Stops When I’m Governor’: Dem Texas Governor-Elect Warns Big Techr/technology · 13,528 upvotes · 564 comments · Nov 8, 12:39 UTC · huffpost.com
- The tech billionaires who fled California are facing a new blue Texasr/technology · 11,308 upvotes · 555 comments · Nov 7, 16:32 UTC · The Washington Post
- SpaceX Director Resigns From Board One Day After US Electionr/politics · 1,010 upvotes · 68 comments · Nov 7, 03:23 UTC · Bloomberg
- Tesla and SpaceX lose over $420 billion in combined market cap after midtermsr/business · 489 upvotes · 29 comments · Nov 7, 08:11 UTC · CNBC
- SpaceX says Google executive Don Harrison has resigned from the rocket maker’s board of directorsr/technology · 508 upvotes · 12 comments · Nov 7, 22:59 UTC · CNBC
- The tech billionaires who fled California are facing a new blue Texasr/politics · 303 upvotes · 52 comments · Nov 7, 16:32 UTC · The Washington Post
- NASA unveils $10B moon base contract as SpaceX, Blue Origin join lunar gold rushr/technology · 150 upvotes · 115 comments · Nov 8, 23:48 UTC · foxbusiness.com
- ‘That Stops When I’m Governor’: Dem Texas Governor-Elect Warns Big Tech And Elon Muskr/politics · 279 upvotes · 26 comments · Nov 8, 12:37 UTC · huffpost.com
- Be prepared for SpaceX!r/singularity · 1 upvotes · 101 comments · Nov 8, 07:54 UTC · i.redd.it
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “SpaceX Director Resigns From Board One Day After US Election”
- The story reaches r/business: “Tesla and SpaceX lose over $420 billion in combined market cap after midterms”
- The story reaches r/technology: “Texas Governor-Elect Requests Pause on Land Talks With SpaceX”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/technology (18,425 upvotes, 973 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/singularity: “Be prepared for SpaceX!”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/technology.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.