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Giga Berlin-Brandenburg county fair & factory tour on 9 October!

@ICannot_Enough @SteveHamel16 @SpaceX Iron(y)man

@JeffTutorials The staying power of a bad idea is astonishing

@wapodavenport Note, should be “refill”, not “refuel”. ~78% of propellant is liquid oxygen, only ~22% is fuel.

@CathieDWood Tesla makes cars for export in first half of quarter & for local market in second half. As publicly disclosed, we are operating under extreme supply chain limitations regarding certain “standard” automotive chips. Most problematic by far are Renesas & Bosch.

@considercosmos @SpaceX Booster & Ship will return to orbital launch pad on Monday (winds allowing). Just finishing off some small plumbing & wiring, which is easier in high bay.

@RationalEtienne @Erdayastronaut I hope I do

@alex_avoigt @sparkpaul @techhmt @Teslarati @KlenderJoey Yup

@spacex360 If lobbying & lawyers could get u to orbit, Bezos would be on Pluto rn

@spacex360 Exactly

@wapodavenport Somehow, this wasn’t convincing … https://t.co/qAn8Y6i5Ys

@Teslarati @KlenderJoey I’d recommend they get their first plant working. It’s insanely difficult to reach volume production at affordable unit cost.

@Teslarati @ResidentSponge It’s gonna be awesome

@Erdayastronaut Yup

@wapodavenport However, even if it were 16 flights with docking, this is not a problem. SpaceX did more than 16 orbital flights in first half of 2021 & has docked with Station (much harder than docking with our own ship) over 20 times.

@wapodavenport 16 flights is extremely unlikely. Starship payload to orbit is ~150 tons , so max of 8 to fill 1200 ton tanks of lunar Starship. Without flaps & heat shield, Starship is much lighter. Lunar landing legs don’t add much (1/6 gravity). May only need 1/2 full, ie 4 tanker flights.

@lrocket @thesheetztweetz Yeah

@cleantechnica Important to bear in mind that production is as fast as the slowest part out of ~10,000 unique parts in a car

@thesheetztweetz SpaceX could do it if need be