SpaceX

Block 5 is a completely new vehicle that doesn't share many parts from 3/4.

 

Thanks for that link!

 

IIRC, the Tesla is in a vacuum. What did they fill the tires with?

 

I haven't heard anything about that. Curious how long the tires will last given the radiation.

 

I can't say for certain, but they might not be filled with anything. A couple holes to equalize the pressure should do the trick.

 

Funny in 1969 NASA sent a car into space. Then it landed. On the moon. Then it drove around.

 

Whoops! Had been reading about some theories on the tires elsewhere, and was genuinely interested in how it was handled. Missed the heavy sarcasm there!

 

I wasn’t alive for that though, despite being an old lady.

I suspect the reaction was much the same for the people who witnessed that event.

Cool as shit, don’t be jaded

 

Not to be a dick but when the little needle points in the general direction of E it is a good time to support me and Chaotic and stop at one of those gassy pumpy places...

OK, so I am trying to be a dick...

 

As if you have to try…

 

Focus on what you are good at I always say...

 

I checked the careers section of the website, didn't see astronaut listed.

I would like a space X rejection letter to go next to my NASA rejection letter...

 

Yep. Sometimes simple is actually best.

 

I lost the which thread and forum it was in but the Tesla guys actually took stabs about what could keep the tires inflated in space. Removed the valve stem core and roll with flat tires never seemed to occur to some people.

 

No holes and simply deflating the tire should work as well, no?

 

Like you want me to support your company right now, if anything I did you a favor by not supporting the man by not buying into his go juice.

 

wear your headphones and experience the sounds of the monster. sonic booms ,too.

 

I wonder, in a photo like this, does the curve come from the trajectory of the flight, or is the rocket going straight up but the earth is moving underneath?

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