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The Onion
@TheOnion · Jun 28, 2019
Naked Andrew Yang Emerges From Time Vortex To Warn Debate Audience About Looming Threat Of Automation trib.al/EHXjghm #DemDebate2
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
If only we’d listened …
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
Replying to @rainnwilson
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
If you don’t already know what a merkin is, don’t google it. You have been warned.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
But, if you’re going to buy a merkin, be sure to haggle properly!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
Typing Merlin literally just autocorrected me to merkin 🤣🤣
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
If you don’t already know what a merkin is, don’t google it. You have been warned.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 28, 2019
Typing Merlin literally just autocorrected me to merkin 🤣🤣
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley
@teslaownersSV · Jun 27, 2019
Did you see my new p100D. This thing is amazing and the best car I've ever experienced.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
We poured our heart & soul into it. Lot of hubris too, but no regrets. Fabergé egg of cars.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
We worked so hard to create that exact view. Seat rails flush with floor on a rear-slanted monopost.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
Hardly anyone noticed, but still
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Nick Martin
@naturenick · Jun 27, 2019
Good view
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
We worked so hard to create that exact view. Seat rails flush with floor on a rear-slanted monopost.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
Design & production of The Spirit of St Louis was so incredible
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CleanTechnica
@cleantechnica · Jun 27, 2019
Supercar Smackdown: Tesla Roadster vs. Ferrari SF90 Stradale cleantechnica.com/2019/06/26/sup…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
2.1 sec 0-60 mph is base model before adding rocket thruster option
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🧊 Brant Wedel
@bitbased · Jun 26, 2019
StarShip is a mashup of a Falcon Heavy center core, 2nd stage, Dragon 2, and a fairing half! 😆
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 27, 2019
That’s actually kinda true
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Anthony Iemole 🇺🇦
@SpaceXFan97 · Jun 26, 2019
Falcon 9 right now is kind of weak when it comes to upper level winds due to it being so long and thin. I know Starship will be more resistant to them but what are the current estimates on what Starship will be able to handle regarding upper level winds?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
Almost anything. Length/diameter is much lower & Starship doesn’t have a hammerhead fairing that acts like main sail.
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lister6520🇲🇹🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦
@lister6520 · Jun 26, 2019
How easy/practical would it be to have a longer (and/or wider) 2nd stage with perhaps 50% more fuel and reduce the same amount from the centre core?
Same lift off weight but much slower re-entry for centre core and slightly better dV overall.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
You’re touching on a good critique of Falcon 9. Our 1st stage to 2nd stage propellant ratio is too high. We’re fixing that with Starship.
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baconmash黎brownsugar
@baconmashwbs · Jun 26, 2019
Will passengers be allowed to move around during the flight?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
That would be unwise. Probably needs a restraint mechanism like Disney’s Space Mountain roller coaster. Would feel similar to Space Mountain in a lot of ways, but you’d exit on another continent.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
Replying to @Canis_Majoris_6
~1000, as all seats would be “coach” & no toilets, pilot area or food galley needed. Most flights would only be 15 to 20 mins. It’s basically an ICBM traveling at Mach 25 that lands.
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Agshin Yusifzada
@YusifzadaAgshin · Jun 26, 2019
@elonmusk How many people BFR new can carry to mars per one flight?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
About 100, assuming people want cabins. Pressurized volume is similar to A380. Could take a lot more on shorter trips.
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Jun 26, 2019
I always thought a large fairing like the 5m fairing on the Atlas V that connects to the first stage would be cool on the Falcon 9 and just opened up and let the upper stage out, then closed back up and landed with the first stage.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
That was our design approach in early days, but fairing mass is much higher & stability of booster in ground winds is low
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
Replying to @C3LT_Games
There will be no Block 6. Moving to Starship architecture.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
Replying to @ebelliveau
Frangible would def hurt reusability. Also, presumably those quarter sections are actuated or aero control will be impossible.
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Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace · Jun 26, 2019
This announcement from Europe is remarkable for its frankness. It explicitly says what SpaceX’s competitors must really think about a reusable Falcon 9, but rarely say in public.
arstechnica.com/science/2019/0…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jun 26, 2019
Good to see this. Splitting interstage into 4 sections will have some challenges, but could work.
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