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Reply #15 - Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:37pm
 
An amazing achievement. I can't believe the people poo pooing it   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

2 boosters landed like ballerinas.  Shame about the centre core but losing that is nothing compared to the achievement and what it represents to the future.
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Reply #16 - Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:39pm
 
Aussie's hover taxi?
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Reply #17 - Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:43pm
 
Imagine in when ET arrives and we are gone and floating in space or crashed on a planet is a car with a dummy person sitting there.

They would wonder "WTF?". "These people were crazy."

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Amazing stunt.... Mars here we come.
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Reply #18 - Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:48pm
 
The first time I saw those rocket boosters land I thought I was watching the thunderbirds, far out man!
Elon's Starman is apparently now out of control and heading for the asteroid belt, godspeed Starman.
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Reply #19 - Feb 8th, 2018 at 6:07pm
 
Black Orchid wrote on Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:37pm:
An amazing achievement. I can't believe the people poo pooing it   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

2 boosters landed like ballerinas.  Shame about the centre core but losing that is nothing compared to the achievement and what it represents to the future.


I completely agree. If people are searching for a more practical benefit from this stunt, they should know that Musk has done this for 10% of the estimated cost that NASA will require for its latest launch.

TEN TIMES cheaper than NASA - that's exciting.
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Reply #20 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 12:32am
 
In real time Wink

How many clunkers would still work in a vacuum Wink

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Reply #21 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 12:37am
 
Black Orchid wrote on Feb 8th, 2018 at 3:37pm:
An amazing achievement. I can't believe the people poo pooing it   Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

2 boosters landed like ballerinas.  Shame about the centre core but losing that is nothing compared to the achievement and what it represents to the future.


Those booster landings were incredible. Stuff the car in space, the synchronised landings of separate boosters on target was magic.
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Reply #22 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 12:44am
 
Thunderbirds are go! The landing on a moving target in the ocean was no less cool.
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Reply #23 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:41am
 
Is Musk, Cochrane? Grin

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Reply #24 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 3:38am
 
Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 12:44am:
Thunderbirds are go! The landing on a moving target in the ocean was no less cool.

Yes but nothing new, the thunderbirds were doing this sort of thing 50yrs ago.
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Reply #25 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 3:41am
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 12:32am:
In real time Wink

How many clunkers would still work in a vacuum Wink


Wow,, those electric cars are quick, never run out of petrol and so very quiet!
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Reply #26 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 7:23am
 
Good PR I guess but he needs to address the fundamentals of his cars.

They are way over priced and the performance is OTT who needs to get to 100KPH in 4 seconds ?

I know one guy worth around $100 million who even baulked at buying a Tesla.

Even at the very high prices the Tesla's still make a loss.

Other players are also entering this field with both faster and cheaper options ....... I can see it all ending in tears for Tesla.

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Reply #27 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 10:01am
 
RightSaidFred wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 7:23am:
Good PR I guess but he needs to address the fundamentals of his cars.

They are way over priced and the performance is OTT who needs to get to 100KPH in 4 seconds ?

I know one guy worth around $100 million who even baulked at buying a Tesla.

Even at the very high prices the Tesla's still make a loss.

Other players are also entering this field with both faster and cheaper options ....... I can see it all ending in tears for Tesla.



If he'd just made a golf buggy you lot would be telling everyone how you could buy a Toyota Yaris cheaper so he started at the other end of the spectrum to show what the technology could do and he can't sell enough of them !!
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Reply #28 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 10:05am
 
Elon, or his company at least, is haemorrhaging money. If his stocks go down it might be over, leaving  Leftwinger nothing to do but masturbate furiously about right wing big oil conspiracies.  Grin
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Reply #29 - Feb 9th, 2018 at 10:15am
 
Secret Wars wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 10:05am:
Elon, or his company at least, is haemorrhaging money. If his stocks go down it might be over, leaving  Leftwinger nothing to do but masturbate furiously about right wing big oil conspiracies.  Grin


All startups burn through money but of course this is completely alien to Australia which has little to no startups of the technological kind.
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