Frontier - please add the Tesla Roadster as a POI in the SOL system.
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As for the complaints about "not doing science", the current phase is a proof of concept test of a "trickey" orbital manuvere through the Van Allen belt to prove that it can be done and the insturments still function. If it works, then around 22:00 EST the thrusters will reignite and send the car towards Mars.
They are also testing the performance of the space suit.
All of this is purely for testing, to collect data needed for an eventual trip to Mars.
Pretty g epic. A few people have an idea, and 15 years later their company employs 6,000 people to launch the largest rocket since the Saturn V, and land two of the three stages.
Epic.
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And for the comments about this being a publicity stunt, they are missing the fact that this was done as a celebration for the employees. Yeah, a solid concrete block for a test payload would have been sensible, but now the employees have a much cooler story to tell.
He somehow managed to make a heavy rocket launch more awesome than it already is.
They are also testing the performance of the space suit.
All of this is purely for testing, to collect data needed for an eventual trip to Mars.
Pretty g epic. A few people have an idea, and 15 years later their company employs 6,000 people to launch the largest rocket since the Saturn V, and land two of the three stages.
Epic.
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And for the comments about this being a publicity stunt, they are missing the fact that this was done as a celebration for the employees. Yeah, a solid concrete block for a test payload would have been sensible, but now the employees have a much cooler story to tell.
He somehow managed to make a heavy rocket launch more awesome than it already is.
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I wouldn't consider Musk arrogant. He's mostly extremely talented and rather eccentric. Despite his engineering brilliance he also happens to be terrible at business, which is why Tesla still isn't turning a profit despite having a monopoly on the high-performance electric car market. Fortunately he has enough money that he doesn't really seem to care, which I suppose is probably why he comes across as arrogant to some people.
How many other people have developed a privately-funded rocket capable of carrying a car-sized payload into space and sending it to Mars as a proof of concept?
Right, that would zero which is why it's quite a notable achievement.
Im half and half on it. While it would be pretty cool to see a tesla orbiting mars, however it was just a test flight for bigger plans, sending to people to mars, etc. It's not something amazing like voayger.
Why not? They already added a bunch of planets that don't exist.
Anyhoo, I turned in to the live feed today as I arrived back at the office with my lunch, just in time for the countdown. This momentous occasion will now forever be tied in my mind with a chicken sandwich from Jack in the Box.
Anyhoo, I turned in to the live feed today as I arrived back at the office with my lunch, just in time for the countdown. This momentous occasion will now forever be tied in my mind with a chicken sandwich from Jack in the Box.
Because if no one has, then someone should:
[video=youtube;DWMPe3wF9jQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ&t=43[/video]
[video=youtube;DWMPe3wF9jQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ&t=43[/video]
If I understand correctly, lobster will orbit a little around March then get out to the beyond ?
It was a very clever publicity stunt and if Frontier were to put the car in the game they could effectively piggy back off it.
Extremely talented? I doubt so.
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Thanks buddy appreciates the answer
NP, I was curious too. I wish they'd added 'Major Tom (Coming Home)' by Peter Schilling [follow the link] also!
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Uniqueness isn't the only criteria to make it important.
And...having the separated boosters fly back and simultaneously precision land on a bulls eye target, upright. It was UNBELIEVABLE. For anyone that missed it...check out the 26:30 minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99llRhH71vA
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Hell yes. Elon Musks tesla in Elite would be awesome
