ClaimsRodney Brooks

“but I am quite confident that it will not happen in the next four years (2025 through 2028).”

Rodney Brooks, author on own blog 1 January 2025 Predictions Scorecard, 2025 January 01 (rodneybrooks.com)

Prediction Economics and markets

Brooks said he is quite confident that SpaceX will not fly 400 Starship launches in the four years 2025 through 2028.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

deadline 2028 is after 2026-11-04

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Rodney Brooks, “Brooks said he is quite confident that SpaceX will not fly 400 Starship launches in the four years 2025 through 2028.” (said 1 January 2025). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_3b84f8f94f6a, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3b84f8f94f6a

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  5. Mostly true Prediction 1 January 2023
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