The Elon Musk Appreciation Thread

[BarrileteCosmico]

[TalkingReckless]

He is like Richard Branson but better

Gonna get myself a Tesla one day, once their supercharger system is common thing

[RedOranje]

Went to Russia to look into buying a refurbished ICBM so he could "stick a greenhouse on it", launch it to Mars, and take pictures of it there, just to rejuvenate interest in space exploration.

[RedOranje]

To follow up on the first video: Dragon did properly rendezvous with the ISS several times this past year.

Space Station Arm "Tames" Dragon Capsule—SpaceX Docking Is a First

[BarrileteCosmico]

Thanks for the link red

More about re-usable rockets and what I was talking about in the chat can be found here:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/ff-elon-musk-qa/all/

[RedOranje]

No, Fox News, Elon Musk (born 1971) was NOT the inspiration for Tony Stark (first appeared in 1963).   

[Swanhends]

The Tesla Model S has received the best safety rating of any car ever tested by the NHTSA.

There is nothing this man cannot do

[BarrileteCosmico]

Except provide an ethical assessment of the true cost of a hyperloop, it seems.

http://www.cahsrblog.com/2013/08/hyping-the-hyperloop/

[Il Diavolo]

So now according to his twitter, he has come up with an Iron Man like hologram interface which allows you to do stuff with "in-thin-air" gestures. This man just never seizes to amaze!

[BarrileteCosmico]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/24/4653878/elon-musk-will-reveal-gesture-based-rocket-design

[Myesyats]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_SjAcQeU1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctx4YBEdOxo


1.9 sec 0-60mph

The truck is also unbelievable. This shit makes me want to become a truck driver

Elon for president

[RealGunner]

Watch the live feed from SpaceX’s Roadster-driving Starman in space https://t.co/8KIT4SCga2 by @etherington pic.twitter.com/Bdt8vchLD1

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) February 6, 2018

[BarrileteCosmico]

Damn we are living in a sci fi novel

Have to say it warms my heart to see that going to Mars

[rincon]

The launch was incredible.

[BarrileteCosmico]

Remember back when SpaceX struggled to land their rockets?

Nowadays:

https://i.imgur.com/j463wtT.gif

Also reading that Falcon Heavy would drop the cost of a lunch from the existng 1B to "merely" 90m, which is insane

[rincon]

SpaceX is blowing everyone away, every time they get more impressive. This shit was unbelievable.

[rincon]

When asked about seeing his car up in space: (laughing) You know its real cause it looks so fake.



He looks in shock at the absurdity of all this and how it actually worked.

[Unique]

Remember back when SpaceX struggled to land their rockets?

Nowadays:

https://i.imgur.com/j463wtT.gif

Also reading that Falcon Heavy would drop the cost of a lunch from the existng 1B to "merely" 90m, which is insane

that looks like a video of a take off being played backwards

[rincon]

If you played it backwards the rockets would be sucking in smoke. Yes though, its that awesome.

[Nishankly]

Why is this South African dude doing things for America, Ban immigration of all forms pls

[Unique]

Why is this South African dude doing things for America, Ban immigration of all forms pls

true. His fellow South Africans are struggling for water and this dickhead is spending billions to put a car into space which is totally pointless

[Nishankly]

Agreed, Need an AMEXIT asap

[Myesyats]

Man smoked a joint on the podcast

[Hapless_Hans]

That's a proper burn out/go crazy story unfolding in front of our eyes

This can go so many ways

He can keep smoking weed and become some stoner legend. That'd be good, he definitively seemed on the wrong kind of substance , whether it was coke or some endogenous stress hormone

or it will end with him becoming a Bond villain after all, like we all knew deep down would happpen

[Freeza]

Dr. Octopus origin

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