farri Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Just been reported on the 6 pm Win TV news up here that the red car in space is not going where it is supposed to, it`s heading for an asteroid belt...They said the rocket overshot the point where the car was supposed to have been deployed. Frank.
pmccarthy Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Self driving cars might take you anywhere. 1
Nightmare Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 What a waste of a new Tesla!! He could've at least donated it to me! Well you can go get it if you want it badly enough... it's there for the taking.... 3
bexrbetter Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 ...is not going where it is supposed to, it`s heading for an asteroid belt ....They said the rocket overshot the point where the car was supposed to have been deployed. I guess the Dummy thinks he's driving a Ford Galaxy. 1
onetrack Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Personally, I think a Ford Explorer would have been a better choice for something to blast into space. Come to think of it, they could send all the Ford Explorers into space, and we wouldn't miss any of them. 3
RossK Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Personally, I think a Ford Explorer would have been a better choice for something to blast into space. Come to think of it, they could send all the Ford Explorers into space, and we wouldn't miss any of them. Sending Ford Exploders into space would be considered an act of hostility, could start an interstellar war. 1 1 2
Old Koreelah Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 There's another piece of space junk sent up by the CEO of Rocket Lab Peter Beck in NZ. I's called the Humanity star & is a geodesic reflective sphere spinning in a low orbit & when visible appears as a twinkling star. You can check when it will be over your location HERE. It will re-enter the atmosphere in about 9 months & burn up. The Kiwis beat us again. Australia pays squillions to other countries for satellites and still has no space launch industry, even though this country was the third to launch a satellite. The LNP government under Menzies could see no future in space, so didn't support our scientists. (Menzies also saw no future in computers, after Australia was the third nation to build one. It still exists, so is now the world's oldest). Meanwhile, our government can still find the money to subsidise foreign-owned coal mines that will never pay tax here... No wonder I drink. 1 5 1 2
dsam Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 .....(Menzies also saw no future in computers, after Australia was the third nation to build one. It still exists, so is now the world's oldest).... Yes, that historic computer is still on display at the Museum of Victoria in Melbourne, along with a short video explaining its operation...quite an elaborate process in fact. Sadly, Australia fails repeatedly to make the most of its world-class innovators. 1 2
440032 Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 I can't seem to find the interplanetary coverage for my roadside assist plan... 1
red750 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Posted February 9, 2018 This one hasn't been shot into space, but this Tesla was used for advertising by an electricity supplier at the 2017 Melbourne Grand Prix. 2
bexrbetter Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 Me in mine shot from the back of a bus on the weekend in the mountains just North of Guang Yuan, Sichuan Province ...
adrian222 Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 They are a bit of a problem when they catch fire. 1
MikePousson Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 The Tesla in space was Musk’s personal 2008 model he owned. It was an amazing feat at first go. At least, it didn’t “blow up launch pad 39 to smittereens” as he first stated mighn happen. 1
Ayecapt Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 Yes Marty. You nailed it.It's just a sales gimmick. Yep a gimmick , but they need to load the thing with somthing! Another thought.......... maybe its not a car at all. But a cunningly disguised secret death ray machine! . Clever very clever , no one would ever guess!
Ayecapt Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 I proudly have a distant family member (AKA Rocket Scientist) that works for SpaceX. Elon also had him on the team doing the initial technical proposal for the “hyperlink” ultra high speed passenger transporter from LA to San Fran (approx. 90 minutes, I think).One of the major limitations to the hyperlink proposal wasn’t technical, but more about the maximum g force a typical passenger would tolerate as a paying passenger. That lead to a need for wide radius corners covering lots of real estate, so that pushes up costs for either land acquisition, or extensive tunneling. My family member says Elon is both inspiring and terrifying all at the same time, as he isn’t afraid to throw down ambitious engineering challenges at short notice, expect results, but embrace “constructive” failure. He is truly an inspiring entrepreneur from direct evidence. Terrible public speaker though. I Fell asleep watching his annual speech ( youtube ) topic was great delivery ... boring ) 1
fred cenko Posted February 10, 2018 Posted February 10, 2018 Need more of these fantasy ventures,what a sight to see that massive rocket take off,hope all goes well. 3
boleropilot Posted February 11, 2018 Posted February 11, 2018 according to the website, the humanity star will be overhead Boonah (S E Qld) at 7.30pm on 4th March 2018 - I've got alarms set to make sure I don't forget... 1
APenNameAndThatA Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 Maybe Elon Musk will, one day, be thought of like an Edison or Jobs, or not. I have no clue. 1
onetrack Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 I suspect that in the long-term, Musk will be viewed as just one of the many who polluted the pristine regions of space, with rubbish from Earth. After all, they just leave it there, they don't come back to clean it up. What now for SpaceX's Mars-bound Telsa Roadster? 1
Old Koreelah Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 Need more of these fantasy ventures,.. Sure makes a nice change from the rest of the news. Kennedy and Kruschev gave us the space race; something for all humans to be proud of. Maybe Elon Musk will, one day, be thought of like an Edison or Jobs, or not. I have no clue. I'm sure his name will outlive most of the currently famous non-entities dished up to us daily by the media. 3
onetrack Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 I'm sure his name will outlive most of the currently famous non-entities dished up to us daily by the media Old K - Oh, No-o-o-o!!! - Please don't say things like that! I've been hanging out, to see a Kardashian hanging it all out, in outer space!! 2
adrian222 Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 If I was Elon I would have put a servo in the dummies head just enough to make it move a little just enough to get peoples attention.
M61A1 Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 Old K - Oh, No-o-o-o!!! - Please don't say things like that! I've been hanging out, to see a Kardashian hanging it all out, in outer space!! I love to see a Kardashian (or all of them) launched into outer space...... 2 2
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