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“@MartianDays @Erdayastronaut @torybruno @AerojetRdyne We def could be wrong about this, but it’s actually good to fix high efficiency vacuum engines with giant nozzles in place & only thrust vector engines with smaller nozzles. Don’t need a lot of room & moment of inertia is much lower.”
“@nextspaceflight @Erdayastronaut @torybruno @MartianDays @AerojetRdyne Also, we’re keeping area ratio low enough to fire Raptor Vac at sea level without flow separation, so that’s leaving a lot on the table”
“@nextspaceflight @Erdayastronaut @torybruno @MartianDays @AerojetRdyne Couple months, but V1.0 of Raptor Vac is suboptimal, as optimized for speed of development. Isp maybe 365 to 370 sec.”
“@Erdayastronaut @torybruno @MartianDays @AerojetRdyne Max thrust version of Raptor should achieve true T/W > 170. Target is 1.5 ton engine with >260 t-F. Max Isp version should achieve ~380 sec, but T/W probably <120 due to big nozzle. These are just guesses for now.”
“@Erdayastronaut @torybruno @MartianDays @AerojetRdyne Oberth effect is not well appreciated. Value of high thrust low in gravity well is not captured in simple delta-v equation. One of the reasons we favor CH4 over H2. https://t.co/LijrUMuJDq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberth_effect”
“@torybruno @Erdayastronaut @MartianDays @AerojetRdyne This is true. All that matters is number used in ∆v equation. Propellant residuals are incredibly important, often overwhelming engine mass. https://t.co/s2LcEapGAU https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-v”
“@HarryStoltz1 @neiltyson @Space_Station Big challenge for Starship refueling on the moon is finding sources of carbon. Probably some pretty big deposits in craters from meteorites. Same goes for hydrogen & oxygen, also in (shadowed) craters.”
“@teslaownersSV @Sofiaan @annerajb @tesla_addicted We’re working on a simple initial version of Autopark. Will be safe, but sometimes park in silly places that aren’t actual parking spaces.”
“@Sofiaan @annerajb @tesla_addicted Yeah, great team!”
“@J_ump_er @neiltyson @Space_Station To be precise, r is distance from center of masses of two objects. Center of mass of Earth is ~6400km, so gravity change is small at Space Station altitude, which is ~6800km from center of Earth. https://t.co/21hICWczMq”
“@HarryStoltz1 @neiltyson @Space_Station Exactly. And you can on the moon, since it has no atmosphere.”
“@neiltyson @Space_Station Most people aren’t aware that orbit (and “zero” gravity) is all about horizontal speed, not altitude. A spacecraft needs to travel about 25 times the speed of sound to stay in space.”
“@NASASpaceflight @IanPineapple Yeah, will be Raptor vertical test stand. Hopefully allows simplification of Raptor design, as pump shaft wear & drainage is better in vertical config. Also, more representive of flight. Test as you fly …”
“@annerajb @tesla_addicted Software”
“@SteveMartineau6 @annerajb @YogiSC1127 @Tesla Yes”
“@tesla_addicted Will start rendering traffic cones in the display soon”
“@flcnhvy @aquastorm Venus would be very difficult”
“@tesla_truth @annerajb @YogiSC1127 @Tesla True”
“@aquastorm Yes, we will”
“@annerajb @YogiSC1127 @Tesla It is actually called deep rain, as sort of a joke at Tesla. Takes a surprising amount of deep learning to know when & how fast to move the wipers.”
“@YogiSC1127 @Tesla Deep Rain™️ neural net coming soon. We’re not trademarking any other Autopilot neural nets, just this one, because rain is deep.”
“@teslaownersSV @28delayslater @Charalanahzard ♥️ hot pot”
“@28delayslater @Charalanahzard Cybertruck doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen bouncing around the Internet. It’s closer to an armored personnel carrier from the future.”
“@Charalanahzard Those rumors are false”
“@TeslaGong Coming v soon”
“Haha”
“Ms. Chief & Ms. Tree https://t.co/YgRFtq0tSc”
“@russ1mitchell lol”
“Space Jam should’ve won the Oscar https://t.co/E7l2DCAxDH”
“@jay11w Recommended for sure. Both movies are incredible.”
“First will rewatch Godfather Part II, then Space Jam”
“Underappreciated 🎥, will watch!”
“Is Space Jam good?”
“@Nobody_Really7 @anonyx10 @mayemusk So it goes”
“@anonyx10 @mayemusk Sure looks that way”
“@owlmaster08 @Tesla Nice 🤣🤣”
“@Erdayastronaut Solar”
“@Erdayastronaut Depends on total system efficiency & how long the propellant plant can run to refill Starship, so 1 to 10MW as a rough guess”
“@bonnienorman Whoa, that does look good!”
“@Macwars Fair point. Will hold on EU price change until Tesla gets clarity from regulators about Smart Summon feature release date.”
“French fries 🍟 are the devil 😈 https://t.co/AR3h57RPIA”
“@tesla_truth @BarkMSmeagol @vincent13031925 @jchybow @JohnnaCrider1 @28delayslater @flcnhvy @AfMusk .@DrPatSoonShiong, are you aware that one of your senior journalists (Russ Mitchell) is openly funding a fake charity run by an online bully?”
“@tesla_truth @BarkMSmeagol @vincent13031925 @jchybow @JohnnaCrider1 @28delayslater @flcnhvy @AfMusk Super messed up situation!”
“@cleantechnica Several finesse improvements coming to Smart Summon in coming weeks. Will be smooth as silk.”
“@wk057 @Tesla Should be much better at this point”
“Price for fully installed solar plus battery has been reduced ~10% to help those affected by blackouts”
“@brockm Yes, but probably a year or two away. Lot of fish to fry …”
“@bruce_mittleman Tesla cannot continue to lose money. To achieve our goal of environmental sustainability, Tesla must be financially sustainable or we will cease to exist.”
“@cutza7 When the car is FSD without supervision, ie robotaxi, you’ll be able to earn far more than monthly lease/loan cost by allowing others to use it. Managing a small fleet of robotaxis will be a career for many & much better than driving a single car.”
“@tesla_addicted @sanjeev_r11 @vincent13031925 Putting panels on east or west facing roofs works well too. Energy loss is fairly minor. Just north facing that’s problematic above ~30 deg latitude.”
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