“Launch window always tight when orbital synch needed. In this case, Space Station. For Earth-Sun gravity null point, moon was in the way.”
The tweet archive.
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.
“Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud”
“Odds of rocket landing successfully today are still less than 50%. The 80% figure by end of year is only bcs many launches ahead.”
“Have asked SolarCity if we can do something philanthropic with the CA aqueducts to help the water crisis. Investigating…”
“@benfeldman63 Thanks!”
“We debated this, but there really is $10k gas saved by most owners over 5 yrs (avg ownership period). Since it's true, we are sticking w it.”
“Waited to say something until after we fixed some of the options pricing (too high) and colors (too many similar)”
“Just announced new Tesla 70D all-wheel drive, 240 mile range car for ~$55k (after gas savings & incentives) http://t.co/tDb2tCbeT0 http://my.teslamotors.com/models/design”
“To land a rocket, Just Read the Instructions http://t.co/FJAM72zNWo http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20150410-just-read-instructions.html”
“Testing of the high performance version of the Tesla Model S by @ConsumerReports https://t.co/bvgEVgMswU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfAiyiZpVE&feature=youtu.be”
“Battery "breakthroughs" need to state power *and* energy density (not the same thing), plus how long they last. They usually fail on energy.”
“Welcome @Chiefboltkennyh to @TeslaMotors. He will apply Formula 1 techniques to revolutionize servicing mainstream cars.”
“@johngreen @hankgreen You had me at Sheen or Gaddafi. Must admit to liking "The Fault in Our Stars" too. Sad, romantic and beautifully named”
“We just got banned in West Virginia. Oh no. http://t.co/gNztPDNtVT http://www.mercurynews.com/60-second-business-break/ci_27844803/biz-break-tesla-gives-carmaker-tradition-sales-banned”
“Announcing the amazing Tesla Model W http://t.co/tI6ztSyuX7 http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/announcing-tesla-model-w”
“With all that solar power being generated, it almost feels like something is needed to complete the picture ...”
“SolarCity just hit a new daily energy record of 5GWh two weeks after reaching 4GWh”
“Major new Tesla product line -- not a car -- will be unveiled at our Hawthorne Design Studio on Thurs 8pm, April 30”
“Right move is try both tunnels and flying cars. Otherwise, having 2D streets and 3D buildings means bad traffic forever.”
“Reasons I like tunnels: you still travel in 3D fast, but immune to weather, quiet and no risk cars fall on your head”
“Flying car pros: travel in 3D fast. Cons: risk of car falling on head much greater, noisy, grounded in bad weather”
“Contrary to press reports, I'm not against flying cars. Just said it was important to consider both pros and cons.”
“Maybe it's wrong, but I really want to see mammoths http://t.co/enhMu5HYqr http://wrd.cm/1EJi9Wx”
“Falcon 9 lifting off with 1.3 mmmillion pounds of force http://t.co/7ltlN2WYmx”
“Reading Look to Windward by Banks. He is an amazing writer. Pantheon level.”
“Another Easter Egg will be hidden in the Model S code in 2015. Last one took a year to find. Next one should be easier.”
“@Pandoomic Just changed them to full public domain”
“SpaceX Photos Are Now Available Under a Creative Commons License http://t.co/OgHJYimuCU http://motherboard.vice.com/read/spacex-photos-are-now-available-under-a-creative-commons-license”
“Thanks to everyone that supported Tesla in New Jersey! We couldn't have done it without you. http://t.co/swlApOg7vN http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/18/tesla-can-now-resume-car-sales-in-new-jersey/#tmhmdj:oHlj”
“However, when self-driving cars become safer than human-driven cars, the public may outlaw the latter. Hopefully not.”
“To be clear, Tesla is strongly in favor of people being allowed to drive their cars and always will be. Hopefully, that is obvious.”
“Battery pack swap is active between SF and LA and seems to be working well. Supercharging is the future, though, for non-commercial traffic.”
“Neither I nor the company are selling shares. Even if we were, I wouldn't do this. It would be wrong. Our long term results are what matter.”
“SolarCity systems generated a new daily record of 4 gigawatt-hours this week http://t.co/7MFig1lMsF http://blog.solarcity.com/a-4gwh-day”
“World's largest hedge fund soon to be powered by artificial intelligence http://t.co/t1Fer3fWVa http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-27/bridgewater-is-said-to-start-artificial-intelligence-team”
“Maybe this is all the work of the Stonecutters! Certainly connects a lot of themes ... http://t.co/E5jJ9Snaca http://v.theonion.com/avclubmedia/videos/videometa/4599/zen_mp4.mp4”
“For more on the Fermi Paradox: http://t.co/ea1aGnu2kU, http://t.co/AcdSIoIvyv and http://t.co/bkbOWW7Ztb http://amzn.com/0387955011”
“The ancient Egyptians were amazing, but if aliens built the pyramids, they would've left behind a computer or something”
“The rumor that I'm building a spaceship to get back to my home planet Mars is totally untrue”
“Btw, please don't mention the pyramids. Stacking stone blocks is not evidence of an advanced civilization.”
“Seems like an opportune moment to bring up the Fermi Paradox, aka "where are the aliens?" Really odd that we see no sign of them.”
“Model S in drag race against snowmobile on ice lake in Norway (no tire chains or studs) http://t.co/OWwfGRQC8p http://www.klikk.no/motor/bil/article1526102.ece”
“There is no slowdown of the Gigafactory construction underway, as anyone near Reno with eyes can verify. It's not subtle.”
“Some shots of the Gigafactory pilot plant (~20% of full size) under construction https://t.co/OzLzD4LsGW https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/jurvetson/16735645181/”
“Upgrades in the works to allow landing for geo missions: thrust +15%, deep cryo oxygen, upper stage tank vol +10%”
“Both satellites deployed on target. Now firing their ion thrusters to reach geo station over Europe & Asia.”
“Next landing attempt will be 3rd launch from now. Tonight's flight and following one will not have enough propellant.”
“Excellent and funny intro article about Artificial Superintelligence! Highly recommend reading http://t.co/jisxabYrl9 http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html”
“Tesla Model S rated by @ConsumerReports as best car in world for 2nd year in a row http://t.co/F0TpdmDxGg http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/04/consumer-reports-10-top-picks-of-2015/index.htm”
“Landing on a stormy sea http://t.co/7EY25g3IU5”
