TESLA and Elon Musk - anything not elsewhere

[RTH10260]

It will be the turbopumps. It's always the turbopumps.

Or something else.

Look for the gardener! It's always the gardener!

[Gregg]

Jewish Space Lasers

[Shizzle Popped]

Kasey Kassem voiceover

New this week to America's Top 40 a catchy little tune from the band Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly called Rocket Go Boom

BOOM: Blast Of Overwhelming Magnitude

[Dave from down under]

[Greatgrey]

I guess when your rocket assplodes ya gotta pay for it somehow.

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[Phoenix520]

Before he settled on Texas (perfect for him with it’s ‘what, me regulate?’ attitude) there were rumors that he was going to move SpaceX to Lompoc CA, not all that far from Neverland Ranch. It’s close to Vandenberg AFB, the West Coast launch site.

I’m glad they didn’t but it can’t have been much of a choice for them. Lompoc is in a beautiful mountain range. Pristine, mostly. CA wouldn’t let him do whatever he wants. It’s better all around for him to take his toxic chemicals and attitude to Texas where they appreciate that shit.

A couple of years ago while looking into it I read some uncomplimentary things about his Texas operation. Like, he came in and started pushing the government officials around and demanding… things. The locals were already sick of him and he hadn’t moved in yet.

[pipistrelle]

He should charge to be blocked.

[raison de arizona]

He should charge to be blocked.

He’d make Twitter profitable!

[Greatgrey]

[Slim Cognito]

that's what I miss about twitter, lots of clever people. But Elmo isnt worth it to me.

[bill_g]

I said a Bud Light!

[pipistrelle]

Waste of fuel.

The people cheering must not be aware of the 1960s and moon landings.

Or don't believe in 'em.

[Suranis]

So... uh... he didn't want to pay any of the environmental studies or to build a blast trench or anything. He just threw up the launch platform without any permits. and figured he would rebuild it every launch.

The thing sandblasted a massive crater under the launch and pretty much atomized the launch platform. It's lucky the thing didn't break and topple over when the Rocket was struggling to get airborne.



Those guys he paid to cheer might have lost their hearing too. That fucker was LOUD, louder than the Saturn V used to get the Apollos into space. And SpaceX's exclusion zone was way smaller than the one at Canaveral.

Some really spectacular footage of why you need a proper launch platform and blast trench. All that material used to be part of the Launch platform and the ground under it.

[pipistrelle]

So... uh... he didnt want to pay any of the environmental studies or to build a blast trench or anything. He just threw up the launch platform without any permits. and figured he would rebuild it every launch.

Alexander J
@AgedMcNugget
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Ok I am thinking that there may have been some debris damage into the engine bay.

[Foggy]

What's the going rate for cheering wildly for a spectacular failure? I might be available, depending on perks and whatnot.

[pipistrelle]

What's the going rate for cheering wildly for a spectacular failure? I might be available, depending on perks and whatnot.

Go to a Trump Rally near you.

[Shizzle Popped]

From the Twitter thread about the crater: Rapid Unplanned Digging

[RTH10260]

So... uh... he didn't want to pay any of the environmental studies or to build a blast trench or anything. He just threw up the launch platform without any permits. and figured he would rebuild it every launch.

The thing sandblasted a massive crater under the launch and pretty much atomized the launch platform. It's lucky the thing didn't break and topple over when the Rocket was struggling to get airborne.

https://twitter.com/LabPadre/status/164 ... 30785?s=20

Those guys he paid to cheer might have lost their hearing too. That fucker was LOUD, louder than the Saturn V used to get the Apollos into space. And SpaceX's exclusion zone was way smaller than the one at Canaveral.

Some really spectacular footage of why you need a proper launch platform and blast trench. All that material used to be part of the Launch platform and the ground under it.

https://twitter.com/labpadre/status/1649053476276797440

One wonders what images would look like if they had to analyze the rocket body for defects duringg liftoff or when detonating on the launch pad.

IIRC NASA was able to determine the reason of launch failures from parts dropping by the cameras.

[pjhimself]

[Foggy]

BYD, Nio and Xpeng have all beaten Tesla to provide in-car karaoke microphones.

[neonzx]

What a horrible interview by Bill Maher, All softball Qs and many injections of worship-like praise for Elmo. Did Bill give him a BJ back in the green room, too?

[Phoenix520]

Probably.

You should have seen his Ann Coulter episode

[Suranis]

You expected anything else from Bill Maher? The guy is exactly the douchebro type that loves Musk.

[neonzx]

NEW RULZ for neon --- NO BILL MAHER.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

NEW RULZ for neon --- NO BILL MAHER.