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@flcnhvy @Erdayastronaut @DiscoverMag Yeah, Falcon Heavy Block 5 has way more performance than last year’s vehicle. Lot of room to increase side booster load transfer & max Q without changing any parts. FH Block 5 can launch more payload to any orbit than any vehicle currently flying.
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@Erdayastronaut @DiscoverMag Probably no fairing either & just 3 Raptor Vacuum engines. Mass ratio of ~30 (1200 tons full, 40 tons empty) with Isp of 380. Then drop a few dozen modified Starlink satellites from empty engine bays with ~1600 Isp, MR 2. Spread out, see what’s there. Not impossible.
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@emilmelar Retrofits will start when our software is able to take meaningful advantage of the Tesla FSD computer, which is an order of magnitude more capable. For now, it’s slightly disadvantageous to have Tesla FSD computer, as our software is more refined for HW2.
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@MacBenTosh Anyone who bought FSD will get it
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Anyone who purchased full self-driving will get FSD computer upgrade for free. This is the only change between Autopilot HW2.5 & HW3. Going forward “HW3” will just be called FSD Computer, which is accurate. No change to vehicle sensors or wire harness needed. This is v important.
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@nextspaceflight @Erdayastronaut @DiscoverMag Yes. Sensitive propulsion & avionics remained dry. Great work by SpaceX Dragon engineering team. Major improvement over Dragon 1.
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@Erdayastronaut @DiscoverMag Massive delta velocity slam from highly elliptical Earth orbit using a fully retanked, but lightened up Starship with no heat shield or fins/legs. Best choice for the impatient. Ion engines are too slow.
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@DiscoverMag We should send probes to outer solar system & get high res, true color images of these strange things. Maybe there’s an alien artifact out there …
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@erinwinick @techreview Super cool!
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@martin_galway Good point
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@ialexryan Tax authorities tend to interpret things in their favor, but it sure sounds like you could be right! Will investigate.
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@GerberKawasaki Rare use case, but it is possible. There are complications with this. Eary prototype Roadsters had this ability.
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@ChadyMattar Exactly
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@briantu Super proud of Tesla Autopilot team!
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@_DavidMacMillan No, it is one week either way.
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@jose_goncalves_ 🤗
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@Erdayastronaut @NASA @VP I think so. For sure worth giving it our best shot! Would be great to have a competitive, commercial program to build a moon base that is outcome-oriented (not cost-plus), so you only get paid for safe delivery of cargo.
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@NASA @VP It would be so inspiring for humanity to see humanity return to the moon!
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@RamLover69 12,000 lbs!? How puny. Do you construct children’s toys?
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That’s exactly it. You’re no longer mentally fatigued after a long drive. Makes a major difference to your happiness level commuting home from work after a long day.
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