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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
Next rocket landing on drone ship in 2 to 3 weeks w way more hydraulic fluid. At least it shd explode for a diff reason.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Residual fuel and oxygen combine
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Full RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) event. Ship is fine minor repairs. Exciting day!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Rocket hits hard at ~45 deg angle, smashing legs and engine section
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Residual fuel and oxygen combine
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Before impact, fins lose power and go hardover. Engines fights to restore, but …
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Rocket hits hard at ~45 deg angle, smashing legs and engine section
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Tks. Turns out we recovered some impact video frames from drone ship. It's kinda begging to be released…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
@ID_AA_Carmack Before impact, fins lose power and go hardover. Engines fights to restore, but …
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John Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack · Jan 16, 2015
@gdi2290 @elonmusk @alankerlin Clearly the fins worked great to get that demonstrated accuracy -- congratulations!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 16, 2015
Tks. Turns out we recovered some impact video frames from drone ship. It's kinda begging to be released…
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 15, 2015
@FormulaSAE Contact Steve Davis at Hyperloop@spacex.com
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 15, 2015
Also thinking of having an annual student Hyperloop pod racer competition, like Formula SAE
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 15, 2015
Will be building a Hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to test out their pods. Most likely in Texas.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 15, 2015
Funding research on artificial intelligence safety. It's all fun & games until someone loses an I
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 12, 2015
Yesterday's mission to the Space Station lights up the cloudy night sky of Cape Canaveral
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 11, 2015
World's top artificial intelligence developers sign open letter calling for AI safety research:
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Replying to @AshleyInTheory
Hydraulics are usually closed, but that adds mass vs short acting open systems. F9 fins only work for 4 mins. We were ~10% off.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Am super proud of my crew for making huge strides towards reusability on this mission. You guys rock!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Upcoming flight already has 50% more hydraulic fluid, so should have plenty of margin for landing attempt next month.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Grid fins worked extremely well from hypersonic velocity to subsonic, but ran out of hydraulic fluid right before landing.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Ship itself is fine. Some of the support equipment on the deck will need to be replaced...
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. Close, but no cigar this time. Bodes well for the future tho.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Jan 10, 2015
Ascent phase good. Dragon deployed to Space Station rendezvous orbit.
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