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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 26, 2019
Replying to @Teslatunity
You’re welcome! Feature requests always appreciated.
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Sep 26, 2019
Will the landing legs make it on by this weekend? 🤯 how many will there be? (Mostly curious how close @kimitalvitie’s and my render ideas were) 😉
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 26, 2019
Six. Two windward, one under each fin & two leeward. Provides redundancy for landing on unimproved surfaces.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 26, 2019
Lifting lower section of Starship
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 26, 2019
On the transporter
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 26, 2019
Lifting lower section of Starship
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Pauline 🚀
@justpaulinelol · Sep 25, 2019
Can you say something funny in German?
A funny word is „Streichholzschächtelchen“ 🤣
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 25, 2019
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Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion
@EvaFox · Sep 25, 2019
Хаха. Всё-таки это привлекло твоё внимание 👍🏻
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 25, 2019
правда
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Katya Pavlushchenko
@katlinegrey · Sep 25, 2019
Here’s the video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ENErda…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 25, 2019
язык хорошо подвешен
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Aaron Levie
@levie · Sep 25, 2019
Almost everything I've learned about startups:
* Aim to get to cash flow positive early
* Don't overly optimize for private market valuations
* Build a great team and culture
* Make sure the business model *works*
* Focus, focus, focus. Dilution of effort will crush you
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 25, 2019
Exactly
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Tanner Fox
@tannerfox · Sep 24, 2019
PayPal employees started youtube in 2005, thank you @elonmusk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Impressive work by Chad & Steve!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Replying to @SamNazarius
Almost entirely C++, but we did have an (advanced for the time) client-side Java app for viewing maps & (weirdly) a 3D hockey game in VRML
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Harry Stoltz
@HarryStoltz1 · Sep 24, 2019
Favorite language?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Turbo Pascal
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Pauline 🚀
@justpaulinelol · Sep 24, 2019
Which programming language is used or needed?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Mostly C/C++, Python & SQL
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Replying to @flcnhvy
It would be pretty embarrassing to use a non-Tesla battery!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Tesla is building a major engineering team in China, incl heavy focus on software/firmware for factory & car
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
This includes original engineering of new factory processes & cars. Great engineers will only join if original engineering is supported, not just localization.
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TESLARATI
@Teslarati · Sep 24, 2019
Tesla’s new Gigafactory 3 new job openings put Model 3 production, grassroots marketing in focus
teslarati.com/tesla-gigafact…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Tesla is building a major engineering team in China, incl heavy focus on software/firmware for factory & car
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ShadowZone
@The_ShadowZone · Sep 24, 2019
So this increases the probability of Starship having to do multiple aerobrake passes when going to Mars or returning, correct?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
For sure more than one pass coming back to Earth. To Mars could maybe work single pass, but two passes probably wise.
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Oz Maliphant ☀️⚡️🚗🚀🛰🌍💚
@OzMaliphant · Sep 24, 2019
Is “sweating” methane still an option?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Could do it, but we developed low cost reusable tiles that are much lighter than transpiration cooling & quite robust
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Sep 24, 2019
Pop back out of the dense atmosphere to radiate heat away and then drop back in 🤔 awesome! Can’t wait to hear more about it Saturday!!!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Better just to ride your max temp all the way down & let T^4 be your friend. Lower atmosphere cools you down real fast, so not crazy hot after landing.
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Scott Manley
@DJSnM · Sep 24, 2019
And just like that I need to rebuild some of my descent models. So the AoA won't be 90 degrees, it'll provide lift to keep vehicle out of denser atmosphere until it loses enough speed.
Elon Musk@elonmusk· Sep 24, 2019@Erdayastronaut It does actually generate lift in hypersonic regime, which is important to limit peak heating
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
Exactly. For reusable heatshield, minimize peak heating. For ablative/expendable, minimize total heat. Therefore reusable like Starship wants lift during high Mach reentry for lower peak, but higher total heat.
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Sep 24, 2019
Here’s how #starship controls pitch, roll and yaw (in that order in this clip) using just 4 total flaps. This is a unique form of control. I don’t know of any vehicle that does this with its control surfaces perpendicular to the airstream. Cool stuff @elonmusk. Full vid tomorrow!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Sep 24, 2019
It does actually generate lift in hypersonic regime, which is important to limit peak heating
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