Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/02/06/car-in-space-elon-musk.html
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I was promised flying cars - close enough.
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I want one.
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More space junk. Meh.
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Even I could park with that much room…
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I want THAT one.
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That is so incredibly cool. The stream is nice, but it would be great to hear real-time mission updates. I guess the center core return is not televised?
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Let’s see reentry
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Do be honest. Seeing those twin boosters touch down…and the ferring come of the Tesla was a big “WHOO WHOO” moment for me. I smiled.
It was a test flight. For a heavy launch vehicle. …so the guy says…hey instead of a bunch of concrete blocks…let’s launch my car.
The major takeaway is that it brought back something spaceflight needed…a ‘cool factor’. The “Whoo Whoo” moment where you cheer and smile.
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Seen it.
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I think Elon watched Heavy Metal one too many times.
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Don’t worry, it’s not intended to stay in our planetary neighborhood.
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It would have been a heavy junk payload regardless, because it won’t be more earth-orbit junk unless something goes wrong, I believe it’s supposed to to into a heliocentric mars-injection orbit as part of the test. More interesting than a big brick.
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A crazy, mad-scientist pioneered a currency transfer system, became a billionaire, created a car company that is revolutionizing the industry, and then proceeded to shoot his personal car to Mars. This happened.
Centuries from now there will be a serious church that whorships Elon Musk.
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According to this tweet from Dec.
There’s a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide in the glove compartment…and a towel.
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OH fuck - you remember how that ends, right?
https://youtu.be/NWmra9ZGiTE?t=29s
Shit - this is how it ends, right?
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Don’t forget NASA’s blatant product placement for the 1971 Chevy Luna.
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It turned out the center core was lost–apparently only one of the three engines fired and it crashed into the ocean.
Still the most amazing thing I’ve seen in a very long time. The synchronized landing of the other two boosters was mind-boggling.
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