Livestream link of the SpaceX announcement with a lot more details on the BFR - https://youtu.be/zu7WJD8vpAQ?t=1712
Dear Moon
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#62Are they actually going to the moon if they are only going to orbit it? Sorry my English isn’t the best
They aren't going to actually orbit the moon, they're going around the moon. It's called a "free return trajectory". This is actually less than Apollo 8 did (edit: only talking about the orbit): Apollo 8 actually went into lunar orbit with a burn, and then left lunar orbit with another burn. However, this is using "orbit" in its formal sense. Most people would look at the diagram of the spaceship flying around the mo…
Parabolic and hyperbolic orbits are still orbits.
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#63It's worth keeping in mind "Elon Time". 2023 is a "no earlier than" date. It's if everything goes to plan, no new problems arise. I'd love to see it happen on schedule but I have doubts.
Does it matter if it's 2026? Or even 2030?
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#64I love this project. it's truly amazing.
The cynic in me wonders about the timing of this to coincide with a certain lawsuit by the diver...
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> Can you even train artistic talent? Yes. 100%. It's a muscle you train. >> Doesn't it require a natural gift that you're born with? It helps a lot, but from my experience having parents who can support you with lessons and prop you up well into your 20s is a bigger factor to being a successful artist. >> Not to belittle astronauts, but space travel training is more teachable than true art. In my mind it's much har…
>excluding extremely elite painters and musicians I think that's what they're going for with this mission. Nearly every world-famous artist would be interested in something like this, so they won't be short of options. If you can, why not pick the absolute best?
Best? Who is better, Yo Yo Ma or Wayne Shorter? Bob Dylan or Paul Mcartney or Stevie Wonder? Or Bjork?
Ai Wewei or Banksy or Stan Lee?
Stephen King or Salman Rushdie?
Sorry for getting snippy, but my Point is, art, especially of all things, while it certainly has its quantifiable aspects, is a domain where talking about “absolute best” and “world famous” is not very constructive or useful, imho.
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#66This is lunacy on a grand scale!
:P
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#67This puts Yusaku Maezawa up there in league with the de Medici's and Borgia's in terms of patron of the arts.
Perhaps in terms of absolute expenditures, but unlikely anything like it in terms of bang for the buck.
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#68Are they actually going to the moon if they are only going to orbit it? Sorry my English isn’t the best
They aren't going to actually orbit the moon, they're going around the moon. It's called a "free return trajectory". This is actually less than Apollo 8 did (edit: only talking about the orbit): Apollo 8 actually went into lunar orbit with a burn, and then left lunar orbit with another burn. However, this is using "orbit" in its formal sense. Most people would look at the diagram of the spaceship flying around the mo…
It is an orbit. They're only making one orbit on a free return trajectory, but it's still an orbit.
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#69"They should have sent a poet"
This time they are! First thing I thought of too. Almost brought me to tears when I read what they were doing.
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#70Heres the show Elon mentions as inspiring when he was young: "Moon Base Alpha" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNkKCFaqib8
"Space 1999" was one of my favourite TV series when growing up. I looked up at the moon for a long while on September 13th 1999 and wondered what the earth would be like if it was missing on the 14th...
Adddendum: I enjoyed the fact that the props used were not traditionally sleek and glossy like most other sci-fi series. The Eagle Transporters were utilitarian and multi purpose. The moon buggies they used similarly so. The space suits seemed to be more modern, yet, true representations of those used by the first moon walkers. etc.