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- _niko0
Another explosion and fireball after a failed space landing mission and the employees erupt in cheers anyway like a deranged cult.
WTF?
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6…
Nasa used to fly astronauts to the moon and back in the 60's including the salvaging of the Apollo 13 mission and the engineers and scientists showed less fanfare.
- *Spacex_niko
- "Fuck that stupid ocean and its dumb species that live in it." – Pedo Muskutopian
- space decadenceneverscared
- I never understood it either and how often it seems to happen. Shouldn't they have gotten better at it by now?Nutter
- cheering inanely at any old shit is the modern wayhans_glib
- I've always hated the overly-enuthiusiasti... WOOING at SX launches, but this is still a fairly remarkable achievement.Nairn
- See that framegrab there? That was taken from a tiny floating platform in the middle of nowhere, so Starship landed exactly where it was supposed to..Nairn
- ..after its first time allowed to properly maintain an orbit (all launches so far have been sub-orbital). And did so with an engine out.Nairn
- We're not going to Mars. We're not even going to live on the Moon, never mind oribitals, but this is still a super-important gain in capability.Nairn
- And China is already matching it
https://arstechnica.…monNom - Well, no - as impressive as their catching up is, that rocket is smaller than the Falcon 9, which has been doing this trick for over a decade now.Nairn
- Jesus. I just checked: SpaceX has successfully landed Falcon 9s 665 times!Nairn
- Crikey. One booster was re-used 37 times.Nairn
- neverscared0
- no creative limitations.... whoa.. what a future ..neverscared
- 3 .. 2.. 1... the end is nearGabriel
- it won't be long before Trump and Musk break up again over some petty shit.capn_ron
- can't wait for that Musk doc to come outGuyFawkes
- Isn't he the fatty AND the weirdo that Hegseth spoke about?dedlaast
- neverscared-1
How Massive Is Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune? Spend It Yourself
WIRED has partnered with Neal Agarwal of Neal.fun to create a visualization of Elon Musk’s massive wealth. Here’s how it came together.
- neverscared2
David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton's new song "Let Me Sell You a Dream" from the documentary MUSK, directed by Alex Gibney.
- There is something very satisfying watching his projects crash and burncanoe
- https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- 7:30neverscared
- neverscared-1
Elon Musk Bragged About His Grok Lego Star Wars Haul. Then X Users Punked Him
Musk, we find your lack of security disturbing.
- _niko2
hate to say it because he's such a punchable moron and I want to see everything he touches crash and burn but this is pretty cool
I doubt it'll ever see the light of day but the presentation was pretty slick
- wrong link I wanted to post this short one where he isn't yapping https://www.youtube.…_niko
- Are you not entertained?palimpsest
- I mean the compressed air turbo boost won't work in traffic or on roads, and the ground fans are going to suck up trash and squirrels and toddlers_niko
- and the flying cars will be for rich Saudi cunts so they can drop them on each other.
But other than that, great!_niko - rides perfect in the hyperlooputopian
- is the car for ice to hunt down migrants ?neverscared
- Essentially uselessutopian
- it's a wow factor gimmick. Not practical at all.dbloc
- ...detached retinas.PonyBoy
- Remote controlled car shell only, giant nitrogen tank inside only, small battery, prob one motor, frame reinforcement... for the fanfare, pressprophetone
- Production car prob have the small space-x tank, rear-only jets, for super pricey race upgrade, otherwise will be usual Tesla setup w/ new rear-only dual motorsprophetone
- Design cues def taken from Gallardo x Testarossa, def looks cool, drop-down head lightsprophetone
- The amount of vomit that car would be full of after a night out w/the family @ Chuck E Cheese... not to mention the fucked up state of your groceries once home.PonyBoy
- Imagine the tire kickers when buying used?futurefood
- Hey look at us, buy our stockdbloc
- crazy seeing it crawl up that wall and hang upside down. Dude built a spider.monNom
- Elon musk is in the selling dreams business. And he’s a cuntIanbolton
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Roads? Where wer’re going we don’t need roads..._niko
- carmageddonGabriel
- dreamselling bizniz... thanks USAIDneverscared
- you could also describe the spectacle as Tesla making its long-delayed luxury car “do a big hop” and then, as Buzz Lightyear would say, “fall with style.”neverscared
- https://www.wired.co…neverscared
- If you think thats dope look up Criss Angel!brothernoah
- I find it concerning that people still fall for this stupid fat moron con artist.garbage
- something useless and zero-practical. LMAO! the science and what-is-possible is cool AF, but c'mon!Krassy
- also, enough of Elmo getting all the credit. Mention and celebrate the brilliant scientists & engineers and real leaders behind this project FFS!Krassy
- No it's just a stupid special effects show.cannonball1978
- Flying Roadster? The dream and the reality in two words.MrT
- neverscared1
Elon Musk Is Almost Single-Handedly Funding the Republican Midterms Push
Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican partyThe stunning war chest that Musk has unleashed into all seven battleground Senate races and, to a lesser degree, a number of competitive House races, makes him the largest known donor in the midterms among both Republicans and Democrats.
