Falcon Heavy launch.

[islandman]

It didn't escape me nor am I aware of anyone who has suggested that Musk invented a new form of propulsion. A better rocket, especially one of that size, seems to me to be worthy of the praise the company is being given and the euphoria of those who brought the project to fruition in the time frame they have.

Apparently not to you.

If that's how you read my initial post, then I strongly encourage you to either get some new glasses or have someone hit you on the other side of your head to even out the damage.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Only on the internet can people get in a fight over a successful rocket launch. Come on, a rich guy put a really expensive car into space on the biggest rocket in the world and for the most part did it spectacularly well. Can't it just be really fucking cool and leave it at that?

 

[islandman]

Only on the internet can people get in a fight over a successful rocket launch. Come on, a rich guy put a really expensive car into space on the biggest rocket in the world and for the most part did it spectacularly well. Can't it just be really fucking cool and leave it at that?

If you want to ignore comparative perspective, sure.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Altho one debate could be who the first Super Villain will be, Bezos or Musk. I'm leaning towards Bezos but if Musk gets that whole Moonraker thing going...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Evidently Musk's Roadster has overshot its mark and is headed towards the asteroid belt with a collision with Ceres possible.

https://image.ibb.co/d0tKfc/Ceres_ESO_1600x1200.jpg

You know what, laugh if you wanna, but...if that Tesla ends up hitting square on that white spot on Ceres, you can put that in the intergalactic dart game win column, beeyotch.

 

[islandman]

Altho one debate could be who the first Super Villain will be, Bezos or Musk. I'm leaning towards Bezos but if Musk gets that whole Moonraker thing going...

Putin.

It'll be Putin. Some sort of gamma-ray accident while shirtless.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

I wonder if the underground inhabitants of Ceres are going to give the dummy a breathalyzer.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Putin.

It'll be Putin. Some sort of gamma-ray accident while shirtless.

Putin Smash!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I wonder if the underground inhabitants of Ceres are going to give the dummy a breathalyzer.

Even worse...they'll repurpose it, fit it out to the gills and send it back to Earth as Ultron.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/8b26395ce850c4bde634ff4bdcb6c3bb/tenor.gif?itemid=5096462

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Even worse...they'll repurpose it, fit it out to the gills and send it back to Earth as Ultron.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/8b26395ce850c4bde634ff4bdcb6c3bb/tenor.gif?itemid=5096462

And honestly most people would be like "well, he's gonna destroy the world but it's all just so damn cool I'm ok with it."

 

[islandman]

You know what, laugh if you wanna, but...if that Tesla ends up hitting square on that white spot on Ceres, you can put that in the intergalactic dart game win column, beeyotch.

Dude can't even get the center core of his rocket to make it back to the launch-pad. If he hits that bulls-eye, it'll be by accident.

 

[HisArpy]

If they wanted it to be accidental, they'd have sent a probe to plant a mailbox there first before they "accidentally" had the Tesla back over it.

 

[Sean]

Dude can't even get the center core of his rocket to make it back to the launch-pad. If he hits that bulls-eye, it'll be by accident.

I love the "even" bit of that first sentence.

 

[islandman]

I love the "even" bit of that first sentence.

I'll allow that he makes AMAZING batteries.

But even those are Panasonics.

 

[trysail]

Back To Earth: Tesla's Losses Grow On Model 3 Delays

(AP) ...Tesla Inc. posted a record quarterly net loss of $675 million in the fourth quarter, up from a net loss of $121 million in the...

...Tesla lost $1.96 billion for the full year, a record for the company and nearly three times its loss of $675 million in 2016. Tesla has never made a full-year profit since it went public in 2010...






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[mark_j]

Did anyone find it ironic that when they showed the shot from the passenger seat of the car that the image was sort of like the scene in Heavy Metal when they dropped the corvette back to earth?

 

[HisArpy]

Back To Earth: Tesla's Losses Grow On Model 3 Delays

(AP) ...Tesla Inc. posted a record quarterly net loss of $675 million in the fourth quarter, up from a net loss of $121 million in the...

...Tesla lost $1.96 billion for the full year, a record for the company and nearly three times its loss of $675 million in 2016. Tesla has never made a full-year profit since it went public in 2010...






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That's because it's fucking ugly and no one wants to be seen dead in an ugly SUV. But no one in the industry is willing to truthfully say so and hurt the feelings of their cash cows.

I like the Model S. I'd own one except I travel further than the batteries will take me on a daily basis.

 

[islandman]

That's because it's fucking ugly and no one wants to be seen dead in an ugly SUV. But no one in the industry is willing to truthfully say so and hurt the feelings of their cash cows.

I like the Model S. I'd own one except I travel further than the batteries will take me on a daily basis.

It was recently described as having the build quality of a 1990s Kia. The delays go well beyond the styling.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

It was recently described as having the build quality of a 1990s Kia. The delays go well beyond the styling.

Every car company has their version of an Edsel.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Did anyone find it ironic that when they showed the shot from the passenger seat of the car that the image was sort of like the scene in Heavy Metal when they dropped the corvette back to earth?

Except cooler cuz Heavy Metal does not hold up to repeat viewings but the Tesla in space is gonna be a cool thing until the radiation destroys the car and aliens find nothing but pieces of a frame and wonder what the fuck we were up to.

 

[trysail]

Tesla is a financial disaster waiting to happen.

The whole thing is held together with spit, baling wire, glue, prayer, dodgy accounting and a sickening host of tax credits and government subsidies.


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[islandman]

Every car company has their version of an Edsel.

With such a limited lineup, the company can't afford to have a butt-ugly AND one that leaks when it rains.

Unless you're a British roadster from the 60s, in which case you've got yourself a classic.

 

[thør]

With such a limited lineup, the company can't afford to have a butt-ugly AND one that leaks when it rains.

Unless you're a British roadster from the 60s, in which case you've got yourself a classic.

Or a 1954 Mercedes SL300.

 

[BobBalouski]

There can be no argument that without the humongous underwriting of the American taxpayer, Elon Musk's endeavors would be capitalistically confined to whether or not those same American taxpayers would voluntarily - directly - pay for those endeavors, compared to having no direct choice about the billions of their $$ Musk is raking in now.

Musk's inherently cavalier love of bling presentation is easy, even as enjoyable as he loves to show, when it's American taxpayer $$ - not his own - that's at stake. He's learned well from the 2008 TBTF total rape of American taxpayers how to finance everything he dreams of profiting from without ever having to risk a single cent of his own.

Elon Musk has essentially established himself as a multi-billion brand at the American taxpayer's expense.

 

[phrodeau]

Did anyone find it ironic that when they showed the shot from the passenger seat of the car that the image was sort of like the scene in Heavy Metal when they dropped the corvette back to earth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ

"Soft Landing", written by Dan O'Bannon, illustrated by Thomas Warkentin. First appeared in Sept. 1979 issue of Heavy Metal.
Music: "Radar Rider" by Riggs