a few days before that, a couple of teenagers burned to death.
Posted on 05/19/2018 7:47:13 AM PDT by Kaslin
For God’s sake, Elon, STOP DREAMING!!!
The author is every bit as annoying as a music or drama critic: they have added nothing to the greatness of human advancement and achievement, created no masterwork, not inspired millions- and yet they feel qualified to criticize those who have.
The opinions of such mean no more to me than those of critics who’ve never won an Oscar, Emmy or Tony, book reviewers who have never had a best seller or music critics who have never made a platinum album.
No, no, no - rumor has it that he’s developed quantum slipstream drive after cannibalizing a Borg cube. Now he can go anywhere!
That ain't no dream.
It's a giant leap for the space industry.
A couple more Teslas burst into flames and killed a few people this week? Who cares, Elon’s going to Marz!
It’s amazing what taxpayer money can accomplish!
Precisely! If he keeps dreaming he’ll change things and THAT is totally unacceptable!!!!
the new technology of elon’s spacex is absolutely amazing, nearly in the realm of science fiction in some cases, technology advances not possible by the ossified NASA. OTOH, his electric golf carts, not so much ...
And worshipful proclamations from Musk acolytes mean less to me than the squeakings of mice.
It is amazing what one can accomplish on taxpayer money.
Gotta love the taxpayer subsidy!
The story of Edison’s misadventures with the Goldenrod plant demonstrate that even brilliant men – veritable wizards of technology – often get it wrong:
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Yep. They fail their way to success. Scott Adams wrote a book about it.
the new technology of elon’s spacex is absolutely amazing, nearly in the realm of science fiction in some cases, technology advances not possible by the ossified NASA
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Yep. With the successful launch of the Falcon 9 Block 5 last week there’s a path to bring down the incremental cost of a launch to $6 million.
Musk’s ambitious efforts actually have a very positive effect on the future of space travel as explained in this video “Why is NASA so Slow ?”.
In short: NASA cannot afford the public failures that private efforts can turn into positives for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZagqJ833c
Author is a moron. Starlink and other such systems will be profitable, and will provide low-latency, high bandwidth Internet to rural areas that’ll never get fiber. Current satellite Internet has so-so bandwidth with extremely high latency.
I have selfish motives, as we’re planning on moving to a much more rural area...as telecommuting becomes more prevalent this will remove one of the main obstacles to country living.
SpaceX is driving the cost of orbiting things way down, Musk is brilliantly leveraging his own technologies!
As long as he uses his own money, and doesn’t hurt anyone, he can spend it anyway he wants, including a stripper bar on Mars. If he wants other folks to invest he is responsible to them. If he wants taxpayer money, he needs to demonstrate a net benefit to the country.
P.S Ford’s research on synthetic rubber, if not the actual process, became useful in WWII when the Japanese seized the rubber plantations in South East Asia.
“science fiction”
My first thought when seeing those twin rocket boosters landing at Cape Canaveral a few months back.
A recent review for one of his golf carts.
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/tesla/model-s
Is the Tesla Model S a Good Car?
“Good” really undersells it; the Tesla Model S is an outstanding car. It has better acceleration than almost any car on the road, it’s far more nimble than many large cars, and it gets the excellent efficiency you want from an EV. It also has a much longer range than most other electric vehicles.
On top of that, the Model S has a stylish, well-built cabin. Both rows of seats are spacious, as is the cargo hold. Unlike most sedans, the Model S has an available third row. It also offers an impressive array of tech features, including the famous Autopilot system. Should I Buy the Tesla Model S?
The Model S deserves strong consideration from luxury large car shoppers – even those who aren’t EV fans. If you are an EV fan, however, the Model S is about as good as it gets.
Name a single major company that doesn’t take advantage of business and tax law.
(Hint: There aren’t any...)
The United Space Alliance has been fleecing taxpayers for decades!
I’d expect an article like this from, say, the Chinese gov’t.
I wonder if Elon can put ‘em up cheaper than the Chinese can shoot ‘em down?
a few days before that, a couple of teenagers burned to death.
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