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CleanTechnica
@cleantechnica · Aug 10, 2021
Tesla Giga Shanghai’s New Production Rate Is 450,000/Year cleantechnica.com/2021/08/09/tes…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 10, 2021
Important to bear in mind that production is as fast as the slowest part out of ~10,000 unique parts in a car
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Michael Sheetz
@thesheetztweetz · Aug 10, 2021
NASA's Inspector General says delays in spacesuit development are another factor making a 2024 astronaut Moon landing impossible.
With $420M spent and another $625M expected, suits won't be "ready for flight until April 2025 at the earliest."
Report: oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-21-025…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 10, 2021
SpaceX could do it if need be
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Michael Sheetz
@thesheetztweetz · Aug 10, 2021
There are 27 different companies supplying the components for NASA's next-generation spacesuits, IG notes:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 10, 2021
Seems like too many cooks in the kitchen
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Pranay Pathole
@PPathole · Aug 10, 2021
All the things that we humans tend to fight for seems so small and petty compared to the very thought of taking first steps on Mars. @elonmusk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 10, 2021
What really matters for the longevity of civilization is making life multiplanetary on a sustained basis
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Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace · Aug 9, 2021
This black and white Starship photo from Friday, which is evocative of both history and what is to come, sent a clear message to regulators: We are ready to usher in the future.
arstechnica.com/science/2021/0…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 9, 2021
Believe in the future
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Erc X
@ErcXspace · Aug 8, 2021
New Starship Orbital Refueling Method as described by @elonmusk .
#SpaceX #Starship
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 9, 2021
🔥🔥
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Alex
@alex_avoigt · Aug 8, 2021
Porsche CEO Blume
"The concept of the 911 doesn't allow for a pure electric car because we have the engine in the rear and if the weight of the battery were moved to the rear you couldn't drive the car. For this decade it's very clear to me that the 911 will be a car with an ICE"
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 9, 2021
!!
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John Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack · Aug 7, 2021
Has the feel of the old building-the-skyscrapers photos.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 7, 2021
Always loved those Empire State photos with people eating lunch out on the beam
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 7, 2021
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Brian Armstrong
@brian_armstrong · Aug 6, 2021
1/ There are a few key moments that define our future. One is happening now in the Senate w/ the infrastructure bill. At the 11th hour @MarkWarner has proposed an amendment that would decide which foundational technologies are OK and which are not in crypto. This is disastrous.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Agreed, this is not the time to pick technology winners or losers in cryptocurrency technology. There is no crisis that compels hasty legislation.
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Tesla Owners Silicon Valley
@teslaownersSV · Aug 6, 2021
“this is the first time in the 4 billion year history of earth, that its possible for life to become multi-planetary.” @elonmusk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Long time
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Starship Fully Stacked
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
An honor to work with such a great team
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Dana En
@danaen803 · Aug 6, 2021
Can we get more of your plans for a Deep Space Variant to put out to the Scientific Community around the world to spawn imaginations of what is possible, i.e. a newer Starship Users Guide
spacex.com/media/starship…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Sure
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@Kristennetten · Aug 6, 2021
There’s a strange irony to the fact the fully stacked @SpaceX Starship/ Superheavy is as tall as Lady Liberty 🗽, her being an emblem of liberty in new lands for travelers & weary immigrants, Starship being just that for new planets etc @elonmusk 🚀
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
It will be exciting to see what new cultures humanity creates on other heavenly bodies!
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Thomas Zurbuchen
@Dr_ThomasZ · Aug 6, 2021
Yes, I have been following this all along and am excited for @SpaceX achieving this milestone! Can’t wait to see it fly!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Due to its size & ability to return science instruments even from deep space, Starship will enable a whole new class of science missions
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Minus the lifts
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Higher structural margins overall are needed for reuse, plus:
Booster
- Grid fins for aero control
- Boostback & landing propellant tanks
- Protecting engines from entry loads
Ship
- Body flaps for aero control
- Deorbit & landing propellant tanks
- Heat shield
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
There is a reason no fully reusable orbital rocket has been built – it’s an insanely hard problem.
Moreover, it must be rapidly & completely reusable (like an airplane). This is the only way to make life multiplanetary.
Efficiencies of scale is why Starship is so large.
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Jonathan Amos
@JCDAmos · Aug 6, 2021
I think what we'd appreciate, Elon, is another of your presentations on where you think Starship is right now and how you see things developing. There's an IAC congress in October. You've performed there before; what about another turn?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Ok
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Whole Mars Catalog
@wholemars · Aug 6, 2021
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why does expendability increase the payload to orbit so much?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Higher structural margins overall are needed for reuse, plus:
Booster
- Grid fins for aero control
- Boostback & landing propellant tanks
- Protecting engines from entry loads
Ship
- Body flaps for aero control
- Deorbit & landing propellant tanks
- Heat shield
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Elliott
@scareospace · Aug 6, 2021
Will the tanks of the Ship and Booster be stretched over time, like how Falcon 9’s were?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 6, 2021
Inevitably
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