“@BrianDunning @SpaceX New spacesuit almost done. Hoping to unveil by end of year.”
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“Latest vertical landing rocket vid. 325M altitude, hold against wind, land w T/W>1, radar in loop http://t.co/I68Xxpb1EQ http://youtu.be/eGimzB5QM1M”
“1st long duration firing of the new generation Falcon 9 rocket ~1.5 million pounds of vac thrust http://t.co/iGZadNVF7w http://youtu.be/CgIghRD4-ao”
“We need more women in aerospace like Gwynne! http://t.co/bTl7t5nWZx http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-spacex-20130609,0,2428179.story”
“Mars requires developing complex technology over a decade+, but market cares about next 3 months. Result would be conflicting priorities.”
“1st firing of Falcon 9-R advanced prototype rocket. Over 1M lbs thrust, enough to lift skyscraper http://t.co/AUCsWTw77E”
“Technically, I "got rich" from Zip2 & PayPal w zero govt anything, then put 100% of that into SpaceX, Tesla & SolarCity.”
“@ponder68 Carbon produced by a @SpaceX rocket flight is roughly equal to one 747 flight. No, we should not be exempt.”
“@karlbrauer Making rockets”
“@McBartVolgers @SpaceX High pressure helium pneumatic bolts and pistons. No explosives.”
“@danielmarshal15 It can dig up almost anything.”
“@bdcs Yup, it is super far. Moon is basically in our back yard relative to Mars.”
“@yatpay Side boosters fall short & center core goes too far + Florida is heavily populated. Landing permission tricky :)”
“@Alan_Nestos The legs are nested tight against the body of the rocket in flight, so rotate about 120 degrees to deploy”
“First test of the Falcon 9-R (reusable) ignition system. Not long now before the hold down fire http://t.co/5r5nJWaNrI”
“@Rocketrichardp @ct_la Exactly. DMV Comm overruled good recommendation of Hearing Officer.”
“Grasshopper rocket flies up 250m, holds against wind and lands. Vid taken from our hexacopter http://t.co/LXmMCYDD0e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU&feature=youtu.be”
“Congratulations to @OrbitalSciences! “@CNETNews: Orbital's Antares rocket makes successful test flight http://t.co/y7bwdDMGCi” http://cnet.co/17QCmKa”
“Heart goes out to people of central Texas, home of SpaceX TX. All resources at disposal to help in any way.”
“@derrickgott007 already partly here with rocket development, but will make it a lot bigger with the launch site”
“Certainly true that many people believe that Tesla and SpaceX are powered by the #hhgttg Infinite Improbability Drive :)”
“Rocket fairing almost ready for deployment test in vacuum chamber. Man lift on right for scale http://t.co/BLOTThWFvw”
“Recovery ship has secured Dragon. Powering down all secondary systems. Cargo looks A ok.”
“Recovery ship just heard the sonic booms from Dragon reentry and has data transmission lock.”
“Dragon deorbit burn was good. All thrusters operating. On target for splashdown.”
“There's crazy, there's batsh*t crazy, then there's North Korea crazy... http://t.co/etJmNZqVD1 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/north-korea-video-propaganda-us-troops-rockets-125355219.html”
“Testing separation of F9 rocket fairing (can hold a city bus) in world's largest vacuum chamber http://t.co/2zkLi4ON0s”
“Will show Johnny Cash hover slam rocket video for the first time in about 15 mins. Test footage only 36 hrs old. #SXSW”
“@Asherlaw SpaceX is expanding launch ops at Canaveral too. Need 2 locations to handle flight rate and avoid weather risk”
“Just received #Dragon docking clearance from @NASA. Will begin orbital maneuvers to Space Station at 11pm Pacific time.”
“Would also like to thank @USAirForce for allowing us to use their long range comm system for Dragon in free drift.”
“Orbit raising burn successful. Dragon back on track.”
“Pods 1 and 4 now online and thrusters engaged. Dragon transitioned from free drift to active control. Yes!!”
“Issue with Dragon thruster pods. System inhibiting three of four from initializing. About to command inhibit override.”
“Falcon 9 delivered Dragon to its target orbit. All good on the rocket.”
“Computer glitch found by @SpaceX avionics while bench testing on IM. Couldn't replicate on vehicle. Launch proceeding...”
“Rocket static fire @SpaceX Cape Canaveral launch pad looks good. Engines generated 433 tons of thrust, parameters nominal.”
“@EricIdle Cool! Btw, thought you might appreciate that 1st flight of Dragon spacecraft carried a large wheel of cheese :)”
“Next Grasshopper rocket test is called the Johnny Cash Hover Slam (yeah baby!). Might be our first smoking crater...”
“SpaceX software engineering is doing an AMA on Reddit http://t.co/hwkUwM5v http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1853ap/we_are_spacex_software_engineers_we_launch/”
“What it feels like to ride a rocket http://t.co/b5vhLvqg http://youtu.be/nUV6oqCFrFU”
“To be super clear, I don't wish to (nor could I) mandate anything about a Mars Colony. Am just working on the tech to get people there.”
“Also, I am not the kale eating overlord of Mars (altho kale has its moments) http://t.co/nCjMgEjC http://www.thejanedough.com/peta-mars-vegan/”
“This gives a sense of what Mars would look like after changing the climate to sustain life http://t.co/DT1P5EUp http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/a-martian-dream-heres-what-the-red-planet-would-look-like-with-earth-like-oceans-and-life/266791/”
“Cowboy riding the rocket no problemo http://t.co/YZdNpwX3”
“Single camera view of the 40 meter rocket hover http://t.co/Zlh7xC7T http://youtu.be/Zz-NYeH-CEY”
“Then we took him for a ride: 40 meter hover flight vid of the SpaceX Grasshopper test rocket http://t.co/2563ykr2 http://youtu.be/B4PEXLODw9c”
“To provide a little perspective on the size of Grasshopper, we added a 6 ft cowboy to the rocket http://t.co/3NMYJqmd”
“SpaceX will go public at some point, as I think it should ultimately be owned primarily by the public "@bm_ will SpaceX go public?"”
“But if humanity wishes to become a multi-planet species, then we must figure out how to move millions of people to Mars.”
