Elon Musk is in “Bonkersland”?

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  1. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

  2. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    dundundundundundundundundundundun...FLASH...AHHHHHHhhhh...He'll save everyone one of us! He's for everyone one of us!
     
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  3. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    That rocket looks like hot garbage.
     
  4. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    And you have no style.
     
  5. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    “This is for suborbital VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) tests,” Musk explained. “Orbital version is taller, has thicker skins (won’t wrinkle) & a smoothly curving nose section.
    This particular model will be used to test short launches and landings. Earlier this month, Musk said SpaceX was aiming to carry out test flights within four weeks, but admitted it could be as long as eight weeks when unforeseen issues are factored in.
     
  6. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    Get back to me when our space ships start looking like this.

    [​IMG]
     
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  7. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    "She's gone from suck...to blow!"
     
  8. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Dragon has splashed down!
     
  9. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

  10. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

  11. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    Always cool to watch the side-by-side booster landing
     
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  12. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    It really is. First time landing all 3 boosters, too. Impressive.
     
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  13. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

  14. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

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  15. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    You're not. It's a test model meant for short launches/landings. It has a thin 'skin' which shows wrinkles. The 'production' version will me much thicker without the cover look.
     
  16. kptvol

    kptvol Super Moderator

  17. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    I've been consistently bearish on the prospect of near term fully autonomous vehicles, but there has been growing chatter we may be much closer than imagined, albeit with limited penetration. Elon has historically been prone to over-promising, but he's significantly scaled back over the past couple of years. He seems pretty confident about next year.

     
  18. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    I see what you did there.
     
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  19. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    The more I learn about this guy, the more I realize he constantly crosses the line between genius and insanity, and the more I like him.
     
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  20. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    It wasn't entirely intentional.
     

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