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AURAPTOR

Monday, October 14, 2013 4:57 AM

Crap. Cool video from SpaceX , showing lift off and landing of rocket.

Grasshopper

It won't post though, so again, apologies.

SECOND

Monday, October 14, 2013 6:41 AM

Grasshopper 744m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter)
Published on Oct 12, 2013

On Monday, October 7th, Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude. The view above is taken from a single camera hexacopter, getting closer to the stage than in any previous flight.

Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket back to Earth intact. While most rockets are designed to burn up on atmosphere reentry, SpaceX rockets are being designed not only to withstand reentry, but also to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing. The Grasshopper VTVL vehicle represents a critical step towards this goal.

Grasshopper consists of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage tank, Merlin 1D engine, four steel and aluminum landing legs with hydraulic dampers, and a steel support structure.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

AURAPTOR

Monday, October 14, 2013 9:20 AM

Ahh... cool vids.

Thanks bunches.

Is amazing how we've progressed so far in technology that we've actually achieved 1950's sci fi level of getting rockets to land vertically.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, December 4, 2021 5:45 PM

The debate continues today

Is Elon Musk nuts?
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-suggests-anyone-over-103301991.htm
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Elon Musk suggests that anyone over the age of 70 should be barred from running for political office

SECOND

Saturday, December 4, 2021 8:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:

Elon Musk suggests that anyone over the age of 70 should be barred from running for political office

Musk was attacking 80 year old Senator Bernie Sanders @SenSanders for tweeting
We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.
12:09 PM · Nov 13, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Elon Musk @elonmusk replying to @SenSanders
I keep forgetting that you’re still alive
8:29 AM · Nov 14, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Mr Musk, who had become the richest person in the world with a current estimated personal wealth of $271bn (£201.6bn), was called out by Twitter users who said his tweet was “excessive”.

Brian Altano, a video producer, said Mr Musk could “even pay a little every month, like how you pay your child support.” Musk is well known for dumping his many children, wives and girlfriends.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-mus
k-bernie-sanders-twitter-b1957625.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, July 12, 2023 7:56 PM

Another big Aussie telco signs with Elon Musk's SpaceX

https://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/internet/another-big-aussie-tel
co-signs-with-elon-musks-spacex-c-11257814

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 11:07 PM

https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1693988850597826701

This New Yorker profile of Elon Musk is supposed to present him as some kind of supervillain. Read closely, and you'll see one example after another of how the regulatory state hinders progress.

Story 1: FAA tries to stop a SpaceX launch because some windows might get blown out if the rocket explodes. Couldn't the company just afford to cover the windows if it happened and reimburse the homeowners, well beyond what those windows were worth? I guess not. Must scrape the whole thing! The rocket did end up exploding, but no windows were damaged.

Story 2: Tesla is forced to do a recall because their automated software permitted people to roll through stop signs at 6 MPH. As the company points out, people do it all the time. Who cares? But it violates the rules! Recall all humans too, they might roll through stop signs.

Story 3: Tesla wants to replace care engine noises with farts or whatever the driver chooses. Not allowed. No reason even given for this one. There's just a regulation somewhere I guess which says cars can only go vroom vroom?

Throughout their interviews, government officials talk about the need to create a "safety culture." I noticed that this phrase was used independently by one person from FAA and one from the Department of Transportation. It must be a thing all bureaucrats say, not just specific to the lingo of one agency.

What a revealing phrase! Safety is not something you consider in terms of costs and benefits. It's the entire culture. Try to accomplish great things, there will be risks. At what point are regulators doing more harm than good? Everything from this piece seems to indicate that we crossed that line long ago.

Thankfully there are still men out there willing to push through. We owe them a lot.

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, June 7, 2024 1:21 AM

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket on fourth test flight

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacexs-next-starsh
ip-test-flight-surviving-hypersonic-return-is-key-2024-06-06/

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, June 9, 2024 7:33 PM

a retired Starhopper to Starship is a two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle

the Starhopper now a retired low-altitude prototype

SpaceX: Musk's huge Starship rocket avoids blowing up as fourth test ends in success
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/musks-huge-starship-rocket-avoids-blowi
ng-up-as-fourth-test-ends-in-success-13148881

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, July 19, 2024 2:33 AM

After Mars what next, Titan, Europa, Asteroids?

New Exploration of Titan's Seas

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-exploration-of-titans-s
eas/

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