“And, yes, I do in fact know that this sounds crazy. That is not lost on me. Nor I do think SpaceX will do this alone.”
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15 years of Elon, fully searchable. The production archive uses Supabase as the source of truth, with 94,952 indexed tweets available in development as a full-archive fallback and a curated annotation layer for context, theory, and how major claims aged.
“Millions of people needed for Mars colony, so 80k+ would just be the number moving to Mars per year http://t.co/rwMuzVEK http://news.yahoo.com/huge-mars-colony-eyed-spacex-founder-elon-musk-120626263.html”
“Short vid of the recent @SpaceX mission to the Intl Space Station http://t.co/Qc963d8B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wZ1MOzFSU&feature=youtu.be”
“Love this picture of the Curiousity rover on Mars. Landscape looks just like the California desert. http://t.co/02GDasae”
“These articles in Space News describe why Ariane 6 vs 5: http://t.co/IaeYXXK9 and http://t.co/ghs3FG8w http://www.spacenews.com/article/citing-spacex-threat-lawmakers-in-france-urge-early-ariane-6-start”
“Was misquoted by BBC as saying "Europe's rocket has no chance". Just said the [Franco-German] Ariane 5 has no chance, so go with Ariane 6.”
“View of Grasshopper test rocket from the water tower. Note SUV and person nearby for sense of size. http://t.co/r9yuTRGL”
“First flight of 10 story tall Grasshopper rocket using closed loop thrust vector & throttle control http://t.co/NH24BQMH http://yfrog.us/f362mloybjbosdefkdeoytqsz”
“Long exposure shot of Dragon and the Space Station arcing across the night sky over Texas http://t.co/omTht7OP”
“Falcon 9 rocket booster has delivered Dragon to its target orbit!”
“Time lapse video of rocket roll out http://t.co/nuHKYrEH Now 3 hours 45 mins to lift off... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T1dfNoNV7k&feature=youtu.be”
“Launching our Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the Space Station on Sunday at 8:35pm EST! http://t.co/qXK0zJyC”
“View from landing leg camera on Falcon rocket test rig (aka Grasshopper Project) http://t.co/xhFe87AM http://yfrog.us/09qmmivexdorhtchxitvhjzsz”
“First test flight hop of our Grasshopper VTVL rocket! http://t.co/oomI5vSB http://yfrog.us/0wusutopshpepnbpmodbgnosz”
“This piece about Mars in the NYT is worth a read http://t.co/mNB6f1aS http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/the-man-in-the-moon.html?_r=2&emc=eta1”
“@ticketwaxter Extending life to Mars would ensure humanity's survival and be the greatest, most exciting adventure ever!”
“@n23mc I think we will see people on Mars in less than 20 years. 12 to 15 years most likely. #OccupyMars”
“Now back to work. Intense months ahead as we ramp production of rockets and cars.”
“After 2008 meltdown, vacation for me just meant email with a view, but SpaceX & Tesla are now strong enough that I can make it real (yay!!)”
“@RichardGarriott Dragon will use four pairs of side mounted Superdraco engines. Can function with up to four out.”
“Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, checks out Dragon at our central Texas test site http://t.co/HXupX9VM http://img.ly/jwGy”
“Spacecraft arrives at Port of Los Angeles for transfer to SpaceX test facilities in Texas http://t.co/9ab55gRc http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120605port/”
“Dragon floating in the Pacific near California. Reentry scorch marks visible on the heat shield http://t.co/grGShZUi”
“Splashdown successful!! Sending fast boat to Dragon lat/long provided by P3 tracking planes #Dragon”
“Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon”
“Space Station tracking spaceship docking approach vector #Dragon http://t.co/CetZfiNg”
“Dragon captured by the International Space Station! Just awesome ... http://t.co/ihoZqgj7 http://img.ly/iHdp”
“Dragon flies over the SpaceX #GrasshopperProject at our central Texas test site. It will jump soon. http://t.co/P17Z56II”
“The head of the Russian Space Agency and some Russian diplomats are visiting @SpaceX today. Looking forward to meeting.”
“About 110 miles away and the spacecraft is now in direct communication with the Space Station #Dragon”
“Dragon fly by of Space Station planned for 12:47 am California time. All systems green. #dragonlaunch”
“Launch video of Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral tracking cameras http://t.co/Qn8ne3pa #dragonlaunch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vkqBfv8OMM&feature=youtube_gdata_player”
“Navigation bay pointing to deep space and star map being generated by star tracker one. Yes! #DragonLaunch”
“Dragon spaceship opens the navigation pod bay door without hesitation. So much nicer than HAL9000 :) #DragonLaunch”
“Falcon flew perfectly!! Dragon in orbit, comm locked and solar arrays active!! Feels like a giant weight just came off my back :)”
“T minus 60 seconds. Terminal autosequence initiated. #DragonLaunch”
“T minus 10 minutes ... Entering terminal count #dragonlaunch”
“Just did an interview with Spaceflight Now. Some of your questions may be answered here: http://t.co/vF0Rs3p1 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/120518musk/”
“Simulations show launch ok with bad valve. Still, better to stop & fix. Recalling rockets after launch is not an option.”
“Making large scale rocket propulsion landing work well is a critical step towards a fully reusable Mars transport system”
“Landing gear of the mega thrust propulsive landing rocket done (next gen Falcon). First hops soon. http://t.co/JwkynmfL http://img.ly/i5JQ”
“@geoffeg Dragon code is written in C++ on Linux.”
“Almost done reviewing Dragon code with @NASA. Looks good so far. Target launch date is May 19, right after Soyuz docks.”
“Definitely. Long term goal of SpaceX making life multiplanetary. #OccupyMars @Weaverwerx #APSpaceChat”
“Woohoo, rocket hold down firing completed and all looks good!!”
“Flight computer aborted rocket hold down firing. Anomaly addressed. Cycling systems to countdown http://t.co/iUi4XdQ3”
“Just confirmed with @NASA that May 7th is go for launch of Falcon 9 & Dragon to the Space Station”
“Am pushing launch back approx a week to do more testing on Dragon docking code. New date pending coordination with @NASA.”
“Just completed the rocket rollout review at SpaceX HQ in California. Almost time to launch. Pucker factor increasing...”
“Besides ensuring the continuance of life, creating a base on Mars would be the most exciting adventure ever!”
