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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 22, 2019
More carrot, less stick
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 21, 2019
Order Tesla Solar + Powerwall battery for 24/7 clean power & no blackouts! Tesla.com/solar
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 21, 2019
Very likely that a home with clean power that’s lower cost than utility, plus blackout protection via Powerwall, will have a positive effect on value
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 21, 2019
Order Tesla Solar + Powerwall battery for 24/7 clean power & no blackouts! Tesla.com/solar
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 21, 2019
PG&E says rolling blackouts expected in California for next 10 years!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 21, 2019
Order Tesla Solar + Powerwall battery for 24/7 clean power & no blackouts!
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 17, 2019
Going offline for a few days
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TesLatino
@TesLatino · Oct 17, 2019
Hey @elon, are nuking and then occupying, or occupying and then nuking?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 17, 2019
Both at the same time!
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Just A. Tinker
@John_Gardi · Oct 15, 2019
I don't think thrust differential would be a good way to hold a spacecraft on course during a mid course burn. Vectored thrust as Elon mentioned is more efficient, quicker reacting & more accurate.
It's easier to hold a rocket engine at a constant thrust & only make slow changes.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 17, 2019
More about dealing with failure modes & roll control
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Oct 15, 2019
And you could do thrust differential on the fixed engines too, right?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 17, 2019
Need to deal with thrust asymmetry from flameout of an engine without forcing shutdown of opposing pair engine, which would double thrust loss. Also, thrust differential doesn’t solve roll control well.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 17, 2019
Replying to @WorldAndScience
Common myth, but incorrect
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Slashdot
@slashdot · Oct 16, 2019
Robot War Breaks Out As Roomba Maker Sues Upstart SharkNinja bit.ly/33yawDH
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 16, 2019
And so begins the robocalypse …
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 16, 2019
Tesla wins best headlights award 🥇
TESLARATI@Teslarati· Oct 16, 2019Tesla Model 3 dubbed as car with the best headlights in IIHS’ Top 5 list
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TESLARATI
@Teslarati · Oct 16, 2019
Tesla Model S P100D+ Plaid hits Nürburgring again in refreshed widebody with massive rear diffuser teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 16, 2019
The final configuration used at Nürburgring to set the record will go into production around summer 2020, so this is not merely for the track
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
So much respect for those doing high volume manufacturing. It’s insanely hard, but you make a real thing that people value. My hat is off to you …
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Anyone who’s interested in working on cutting edge manufacturing — designing & building the machine that makes the machine — please consider working at Tesla or SpaceX. We’re gonna take this to a whole new level!
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Oct 15, 2019
I take it you’re soaking in the feels at Gigafactory 3? Are things going well there? Are cars rolling off the line?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Tesla team has done an incredible job with Giga Shanghai. Honored to work with them. I’m in awe.
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
So much respect for those doing high volume manufacturing. It’s insanely hard, but you make a real thing that people value. My hat is off to you …
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Prototypes are easy, but achieving volume production of a new technology is insanely hard
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Tesla is first American car company to achieve sustained volume production in past ~100 years. Hardest, most painful thing I’ve ever been through, including getting Falcon to orbit.
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Pope of Muskanity
@RationalEtienne · Oct 15, 2019
Dear Elon Musk and Tesla critics:
How do you explain that Nio, Dyson, Faraday, Fisker, GM, Altera, Coda, Venturi, Apple, Audi, Jaguar et al. have all failed at capturing the EV segment if it's so EZ to create a Tesla killer? 😂😅
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Prototypes are easy, but achieving volume production of a new technology is insanely hard
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
And the lead character is also named Woody
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Eric Ralph
@NotEricRalph · Oct 14, 2019
Assuming fixed vacuum nozzles, would mid-burn pointing and trajectory corrections be done with Starship's methox RCS thrusters? Or are you assuming that the gimballed SL engines will fire concurrently during in-space burns?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 15, 2019
Yeah, gimbal SL engines at min throttle for control, so most of impulse goes through vac engines
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You Don't Know Joe
@NominalJoe · Oct 14, 2019
Is there such a thing as a clean graph that could outline the Oberth Effect? Like enter X altitude at X m/s, exit at X m/s spending X amount of fuel?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Oct 14, 2019
Conservation of energy tells you the answer
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