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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Great interview with Mathias Döpfner
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-inte…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Ignore the heading
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Great interview with Mathias Döpfner
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Let’s make the roaring 20’s again!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
🎩 The Greatest Gatsby 🎩
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Replying to @flcnhvy
Inspired by the ballet
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smallstars
@smvllstvrs · Dec 31, 2020
Ever since @elonmusk nonchalantly commented on our booster landing that they would "try to catch the booster with the tower", @ErcXspace and I have been debating a few different solutions for a catching mechanism. This one is my favorite so far
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Rocket motion is primarily vertical, so you want the top open
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jack
@jack · Dec 31, 2020
2030
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 31, 2020
Let’s make the roaring 20’s again!
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Dec 30, 2020
You guys know for a fact I'm going to ask Elon ALLLLL about this wacky idea next time we sit and talk. I can't wait to hear what Wile E Coyote ideas they have! Kerbal IRL my friends 😂
Elon Musk@elonmusk· Dec 30, 2020@ErcXspace We’re going to try to catch the Super Heavy Booster with the launch tower arm, using the grid fins to take the load
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Might be a few lumps along the way
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Dec 30, 2020
Woahhh 😳... you made a switch TO helium that quickly between SN8 and SN9?!? Amazing that you can just make adjustments on the fly... no offense to traditional companies *cough Boeing* but that would've been a 2 year design change + 4 year delay from the drop (see SLS tank drop)
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Production is hard, prototypes are easy. Building ~1000 Starships to create a self-sustaining city on Mars is our mission.
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James Stephenson
@ICannot_Enough · Dec 30, 2020
Yeah, you could build shock absorbers into the launch stand’s arms without having to worry about any weight penalty.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Exactly
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Replying to @RexChapman
Haha
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Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Dec 30, 2020
How're you feeling about SN9? What exactly had to be addressed to keep the CH4 tank from losing pressure? Any hardware changes or just software? Header tanks are also back pressurized with GCH4 and GOX, right?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
SN9 will press CH4 header tank with helium. Long-term solution is under debate. Not clear what is lightest/simplest.
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Flabellina
@flabellina212 · Dec 30, 2020
Or he wants to "undesign" the legs...
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Yes
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Pope of Muskanity
@RationalEtienne · Dec 30, 2020
Too much material stress on the landing legs for it to land on the pad by itself?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Legs would certainly work, but best part is no part, best step is no step
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Replying to @flcnhvy
Yes
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Replying to @flcnhvy
Saves mass & cost of legs & enables immediate repositioning of booster on to launch mount — ready to refly in under an hour
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Erc X
@ErcXspace · Dec 30, 2020
Accurate Super Heavy Descent profile?
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
We’re going to try to catch the Super Heavy Booster with the launch tower arm, using the grid fins to take the load
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Snake-head dog had my undivided attention until winder-head ostrich came gliding through all nonchalant
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
This is very sensible. Opposition from anywhere cannot mean no progress everywhere!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Seems odd that the opposition group is from BMW’s home state of Baveria. That‘s very far from Brandenburg, where Tesla is building the Gigafactory.
And why would a group that claims to be pro-environment oppose a sustainable energy factory? Aren’t there more important issues?
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Tesmanian.com
@Tesmanian_com · Dec 29, 2020
Tesla Giga Berlin Backed by German Politicians Questioning Environmental Groups' Right to Sue EV Maker
tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmania…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
This is very sensible. Opposition from anywhere cannot mean no progress everywhere!
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Harsimran Bansal
@harsimranbansal · Dec 29, 2020
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Dec 30, 2020
Literally
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