“Rocket soft landed in the ocean within 10m of target & nicely vertical! High probability of good droneship landing in non-stormy weather.”
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“Primary mission on target. Spacecraft head towards the sun! All good there.”
“@DanielLockyer We could actually do that...maybe we should”
“Planning a significant upgrade of the droneship for future missions to handle literally anything. Maybe give it a Merlin for good measure :)”
“Can't delay any longer. Must proceed with primary mission to launch the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft.”
“Mega storm preventing droneship from remaining on station, so rocket will try to land on water. Survival probability <1%.”
“Coming home http://t.co/FmrmYs6R6V”
“Dragon splashdown off the California coast http://t.co/4Bvfmei8I3”
“Launch postponed to tomorrow due to high winds at the Cape, but Dragon still inbound from orbit in 90 mins”
“Extreme wind shear over Cape Canaveral. Feels like a sledgehammer when supersonic in the vertical. Hoping it changes …”
“"What Are The Civilian Applications?" https://t.co/iG2Zn3fUnO https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YjvHYbZ9w”
“Prob good though. Will give us time to replace 1st stage video transmitter (not needed for launch, but nice to have).”
“Air Force tracking radar went down. Launch postponed to same time tomorrow.”
“Rocket reentry will be much tougher this time around due to deep space mission. Almost 2X force and 4X heat. Plenty of hydraulic fluid tho.”
“Launching our 1st deep space mission today. Headed to Earth-Sun L1 gravity null point at 1M miles, 4X further than moon.”
“If you are curious about the P85D, you can schedule a test drive here: http://t.co/Eu19pBUpNO http://ts.la/dE”
“Painting the name on the droneship ... http://t.co/X8R8O4KjPx”
“P85 acceleration will also improve, but not quite as much”
“Video made by owner of a P85D going up a 14% grade on snow passing a whole bunch of stuck SUVs https://t.co/LC9AHx0fuC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObSjtU6YXc&feature=youtu.be”
“Tesla dual motor cars are also all-wheel drive. Main goal of dual motor was actually insane traction on snow. Insane speed was a side effect”
“Tesla P85D 0 to 60mph acceleration will improve by ~0.1 sec soon via over-the-air software update to inverter algorithm”
“Great DragTimes video of people experiencing P85D "Insane Mode" acceleration for the first time https://t.co/gqN9oremMQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qFV5i8tBhs”
“Final one: anything launched by a railgun (if you could ever reach ~ Mach 27) would explode upon exiting the barrel in our dense atmosphere”
“Ion thrusters are great, but have extremely tiny force (photon thruster even less). Must have more thrust than weight or you don't go up.”
“And pls don't ask me about space elevators until someone at least builds a carbon nanotube structure longer than a footbridge”
“Reason is Newton's Third Law. In vacuum, there is nothing to "push" against. You must react against ejected mass.”
“If u saw @TheSimpsons and wonder why @SpaceX doesn't use an electric rocket to reach orbit, it is cuz that is impossible”
“West Coast droneship under construction will be named "Of Course I Still Love You"”
“Good primer on the exponential advancement of technology, particularly AI http://t.co/1c30ZwJ8Y5 http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html”
“@thomasmuirhead Good piece”
“@elonmusk ... In honor of IMB, RIP.”
“Repairs almost done on the spaceport drone ship and have given it the name "Just Read the Instructions"”
“The universe is really, really big https://t.co/4j3jvIaqpe https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU”
“@trakz @TheSimpsons Of course!”
“Next rocket landing on drone ship in 2 to 3 weeks w way more hydraulic fluid. At least it shd explode for a diff reason.”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Full RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) event. Ship is fine minor repairs. Exciting day! http://t.co/tIEctHFKHG”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Residual fuel and oxygen combine http://t.co/5k07SP8M9n”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Rocket hits hard at ~45 deg angle, smashing legs and engine section http://t.co/PnzHHluJfG”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Before impact, fins lose power and go hardover. Engines fights to restore, but … http://t.co/94VDi7IEHS”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Tks. Turns out we recovered some impact video frames from drone ship. It's kinda begging to be released…”
“@FormulaSAE Contact Steve Davis at Hyperloop@spacex.com”
“Also thinking of having an annual student Hyperloop pod racer competition, like Formula SAE http://t.co/HV9BLCoMb8 http://students.sae.org/cds/formulaseries/about.htm”
“Will be building a Hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to test out their pods. Most likely in Texas.”
“Funding research on artificial intelligence safety. It's all fun & games until someone loses an I http://t.co/t1aGnrTU21 http://futureoflife.org/misc/AI”
“Yesterday's mission to the Space Station lights up the cloudy night sky of Cape Canaveral http://t.co/DFB742HaQt”
“World's top artificial intelligence developers sign open letter calling for AI safety research: http://t.co/ShWc8F7Kyq http://futureoflife.org/misc/open_letter”
“Am super proud of my crew for making huge strides towards reusability on this mission. You guys rock!”
“Upcoming flight already has 50% more hydraulic fluid, so should have plenty of margin for landing attempt next month.”
“Grid fins worked extremely well from hypersonic velocity to subsonic, but ran out of hydraulic fluid right before landing.”
“Didn't get good landing/impact video. Pitch dark and foggy. Will piece it together from telemetry and ... actual pieces.”
