Tesla in Space
Feb 7, 2018 12:37:35 #
Feb 7, 2018 12:58:30 #
Love it, Jerry and the second image was on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch Newspaper this morning
Feb 7, 2018 14:42:10 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Way toooo cooool ...thnx for the post ...I think it would have been cooler if the lights were left on till the battery ran dead ... we could see the car lights with binoculars ...
Maybe he knows that the battery wouldn't last that long... 😅😂
Feb 7, 2018 16:41:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
He's probably kicking himself that he didn't think of that.
Thats funny jerry..
Feb 8, 2018 05:59:04 #
I suppose King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain wasted funding on Christopher Columbus as well!
Feb 8, 2018 06:56:18 #
My friend and I rode our Harleys to the river at Titusville. We had a fantastic view of the space launch.
https://youtu.be/I7LJIuB2CHE
https://youtu.be/I7LJIuB2CHE
Feb 8, 2018 08:09:32 #
Feb 8, 2018 09:13:04 #
Man am I glad someone posted a notice about this. I think this is absolutely hilarious. Imagine if, millions of years in the future when humans have long disappeared, visitors from another star find this orbiting around in the asteroid belt. I wonder what they'd think?! All kidding aside, SpaceX has designed, built, tested and flown a number of boosters and spacecraft culminating with this 5-million-pound-thrust monster that Elon Musk has indicated will be the basis of his Mars flight. And he's done it in what, the last 7 or 8 years? In the meantime, NASA has been in the space business for the past 50 years and still can't get their "new" Orion rocket off the ground.
Feb 8, 2018 10:11:24 #
Personally, I’m extremely glad to see the US retake the lead in heavy lift capability with the demise of the shuttle program, and the simultaneous landing of two of the boosters is an amazing accomplishment. I was recently driving up the “space coast” past all the old places and companies that were alive and thriving when the shuttle program was active, and it’s sad to see the huge amount of talent in the area that was associated with the moon landing and shuttle program gone, so it’s great to see a private visionary bring some excitement and technical accomplishment back to the nation’s currently de-emphasized space program.
Feb 8, 2018 10:48:25 #
Feb 8, 2018 11:13:22 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Elon Musk is amazing. One of his cars is going in... (show quote)
Earth control to major Tom........
Feb 8, 2018 16:57:53 #
Can the Tesla really handle the heat? I thought space ships had special tiles to protect them.
Feb 8, 2018 20:32:08 #
vino2nite wrote:
Can the Tesla really handle the heat? I thought space ships had special tiles to protect them.
That’s only for reentry through the earths atmosphere, and this baby ain’t comin home!
Feb 8, 2018 20:35:59 #
But, what happens now is going to be interesting.
https://www.livescience.com/61680-will-spacex-roadster-survive-in-space.html
--Bob
https://www.livescience.com/61680-will-spacex-roadster-survive-in-space.html
--Bob
jerryc41 wrote:
Elon Musk is amazing. One of his cars is going in... (show quote)
Feb 8, 2018 21:17:31 #
Key words...IT'S HIS MONEY!!.. And seeing that is going to be the heavy lift vehicle for his shot to Mars, how in the world can you call that a waste of money?
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