love that they're trying something new and exciting.. you're gonna fail when you're going for it.. but at least someones going for it. looking forward to hyper loop.
Elon Musk is the Tesla and Steve Jobs of our generation.
SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
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Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#22Looks like it did not come down vertically but at a slant, but they got the positioning better than I thought they would on this try. One thing to note is that it is from now on officially a very bad idea to piss off Elon Musk if he knows where you live, being able to hit stuff with this kind of accuracy using rockets from space is normally enough to get you placed on the 'axis of evil' list. Incredible precision.
You joke but a future were corporations control ICBMs to their advantage is a realistic worry.
I'm trying, but not succeeding, to imagine a non-fiction situation where a corporation has any business advantage in owning and/or controlling an ICBM. Can you expand on your comment? What would a corporation do with this, other than to perhaps implement same day delivery of packages around the globe?
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#23Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being.
The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic.
As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously.
I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but I'm just flabbergasted that there are still so many armchair critics and naysayers when it comes to Elon Musk.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#24Looks like it did not come down vertically but at a slant, but they got the positioning better than I thought they would on this try. One thing to note is that it is from now on officially a very bad idea to piss off Elon Musk if he knows where you live, being able to hit stuff with this kind of accuracy using rockets from space is normally enough to get you placed on the 'axis of evil' list. Incredible precision.
You joke but a future were corporations control ICBMs to their advantage is a realistic worry.
So... Boeing and Lockheed?
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#25Is that in realtime?
Oh, you're asking if the video is slowed down/sped up. Ok.
At first, I thought you were asking if we were watching it in realtime.... and seeing rocket after rocket blow up on this barge.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#26Could someone please explain the "no cigar"?
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
You joke but a future were corporations control ICBMs to their advantage is a realistic worry.
I'm trying, but not succeeding, to imagine a non-fiction situation where a corporation has any business advantage in owning and/or controlling an ICBM. Can you expand on your comment? What would a corporation do with this, other than to perhaps implement same day delivery of packages around the globe?
I don't necessarily believe this to be a possibility... but if the US contracted out "security" to companies like Blackwater, it seems at least.... plausible that they could contract out "missile defense."
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#28Could someone please explain the "no cigar"?
It's an expression to say "close but no cigar" if you try something but don't get it. The "cigar" would be what you smoke after a victory.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#29Is that in realtime?
Looks like it to me. The smoke and fog seems to be moving at a very 'normal' speed.
Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”
#30Could someone please explain the "no cigar"?
Here you go: http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/close,_but_no_cigar