Space X

[rb]

Thank you kindly good sir!  :)

[boilermaker75]

Thanks for the Kindle book tip!

 

I'll read it after I finish WEB's Ground Rules and Bernard Cornwell's Agincourt (which is just as awesome the second time around.)

 

The next pairing will be the adventures of Musk peppered with a bit of Heinlein (grok it baby...)

Switch to Stella or Becks!!!  own BUD now  ;)

 

I used to support AmBev a bit when I worked in Brasil (Antarctica, Bohemia & Skol - depending on which was the coldest...)

 

I will immediately switch to Stella in honor of you (I drank it when working in Egypt around the end of the last millenium...)

 

Stranger drinking strange beer!

 

With so many great craft beers I never touch that other stuff anymore.

 

CAMRA!

[DooDiligence]

According to Euromonitor, per capita beer consumption in Brazil was 68.6 litres last year which was well behind the 85.5 litres per year of Venezuela (who knew that having a crappy economy would lead to more partying?)

 

I don't know what the connection between beer & rockets is but it's there somewhere (I'm sure of it!)

[Pelagic]

According to Euromonitor, per capita beer consumption in Brazil was 68.6 litres last year which was well behind the 85.5 litres per year of Venezuela (who knew that having a crappy economy would lead to more partying?)

 

I don't know what the connection between beer & rockets is but it's there somewhere (I'm sure of it!)

 

It's the mandatory 3 day work week there, what else where you supposed to do.

 

Has anyone else watched the Mars series NatGeo put together? Musk and others get quite a bit of time in it to discuss their thoughts on Mars colonization. The first couple episodes were good, it got a bit too dramatic after that though. 

[Pelagic]

A good read that quantifies the challenges of getting into space using chemical fuels, it ain't easy and you need a lot of fuel.

 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition30/tryanny.html

[Liberty]

The ambition never stops!

 

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year

 

2 astronauts to go around the moon next year in private trip!

[Liberty]

SpaceX just landed a falcon 9 this morning after launching a spy sat. This time the landing was on the ground, which I saw live on my phone (what a time to be alive!).

 

 

Musk also recently did a TED talk where he talks about his Boring Company:

 

[DooDiligence]

SpaceX just landed a falcon 9 this morning after launching a spy sat. This time the landing was on the ground, which I saw live on my phone (what a time to be alive!).

 

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/859014922801369089

 

Musk also recently did a TED talk where he talks about his Boring Company:

 

https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_future_we_re_building_and_boring

 

 

http://www.tunawish.com/heinlein-musk.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

[atbed]

SpaceX just landed a falcon 9 this morning after launching a spy sat. This time the landing was on the ground, which I saw live on my phone (what a time to be alive!).

 

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/859014922801369089

 

Musk also recently did a TED talk where he talks about his Boring Company:

 

https://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_future_we_re_building_and_boring

 

 

http://www.tunawish.com/heinlein-musk.jpg

 

haha, I remember loving books like this

 

friggin ironman

[Liberty]

Here's just the landing from a good angle:

 

 

And check the stages separating and the lower stage turning around, from the ground camera!

 

 

Some really nice photos here:

[Liberty]

:D

 

[John Hjorth]

I think it's called calculated [?] collateral damage to get to where you want to go to, Liberty. - Crazy stuff. [ : - ) ]

[Liberty]

It's the old "can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs".

 

If you're never failing, you're probably not pushing hard enough, and you're probably not learning as much as you could.

[boilermaker75]

I like the phrase Tim Harford uses, "Success begins with failure."

[rkbabang]

I like the phrase Tim Harford uses, "Success begins with failure."

 

That's a good quote, but probably understated.  It should be "Success begins with failures."

 

[boilermaker75]

I like the phrase Tim Harford uses, "Success begins with failure."

 

That's a good quote, but probably understated.  It should be "Success begins with failures."

 

That is more accurate!

[Liberty]

Updated Mars plans:

 

http://www.spacex.com/mars

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/science/elon-musk-mars.html

 

It's really worth watching this video and seeing it all from the primary source:

 

 

(You can watch at 1.5x speed if you're in a hurry, it's still very understandable)

[Jurgis]

I wonder if Musk realizes that he might end up competing with himself. If the number of launches goes up exponentially (sic), the demand at current price points is unlikely to go exponential, so the price points would have to drop (significantly? exponentially?). In the end, a large number of launches may not bring as much money as expected (to finance Mars).

 

Edit: this https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/30/16384096/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-mars-rocket-development-business-demand raises similar and possibly more detailed questions.

[Liberty]

I wonder if Musk realizes that he might end up competing with himself. If the number of launches goes up exponentially (sic), the demand at current price points is unlikely to go exponential, so the price points would have to drop (significantly? exponentially?). In the end, a large number of launches may not bring as much money as expected (to finance Mars).

 

Edit: this https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/30/16384096/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-mars-rocket-development-business-demand raises similar and possibly more detailed questions.

 

Lower prices means more demand too. Lots of projects that wouldn't make sense with a 100m launch might make sense with a 10m launch, for example. And once you start building bases on the moon and creating staging areas for interplanetary travel for a lot of mass, the number of launches go up really quickly...

 

But I don't think he cares, he just wants to do his part to push the space sector forward. If it means not optimizing the economics perfectly, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[DooDiligence]

I wonder if Musk realizes that he might end up competing with himself. If the number of launches goes up exponentially (sic), the demand at current price points is unlikely to go exponential, so the price points would have to drop (significantly? exponentially?). In the end, a large number of launches may not bring as much money as expected (to finance Mars).

 

Edit: this https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/30/16384096/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-mars-rocket-development-business-demand raises similar and possibly more detailed questions.

 

Lower prices means more demand too. Lots of projects that wouldn't make sense with a 100m launch might make sense with a 10m launch, for example. And once you start building bases on the moon and creating staging areas for interplanetary travel for a lot of mass, the number of launches go up really quickly...

 

But I don't think he cares, he just wants to do his part to push the space sector forward. If it means not optimizing the economics perfectly, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Liberty]

If you believed they put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

 

[Liberty]

[John Hjorth]

Life is not always easy, even despite you're a Tesla owned by Mr. Musk.

 

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Poor car & *shaking head*.

[Liberty]

[doughishere]

 

its gatta be cool working on those every day.