“@Asherlaw SpaceX is expanding launch ops at Canaveral too. Need 2 locations to handle flight rate and avoid weather risk”
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“Arrived Austin. Talking with TX House about creating an orbital launch complex near Brownsville, then #SXSW keynote tmrw”
“@navidob Pretty much. Couldn't leave the country of Ibsen without doing something cultural!”
“Saw a play about Stalin in Norwegian. Like watching mimes with emoticons doing Solzhenitsyn. http://t.co/YsWV6IF3QL”
“Am in Oslo to thank the Norwegian customers of @TeslaMotors personally. Highest Model S orders per capita in the world.”
“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.”
“Just want to say thanks to @NASA for being the world's coolest customer. Looking forward to delivering the goods!”
“Orbit raising burn successful. Dragon back on track.”
“Thruster pods one through four are now operating nominally. Preparing to raise orbit. All systems green.”
“Pods 1 and 4 now online and thrusters engaged. Dragon transitioned from free drift to active control. Yes!!”
“Attempting bring up of thruster pods 2 and 4”
“Solar array deployment successful”
“Thruster pod 3 tank pressure trending positive. Preparing to deploy solar arrays.”
“About to pass over Australia ground station and command inhibit override”
“Holding on solar array deployment until at least two thruster pods are active”
“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.”
“T minus 22 mins to launch mission 3 to dock with the Space Station http://t.co/TfGUbZSaL3”
“Computer glitch found by @SpaceX avionics while bench testing on IM. Couldn't replicate on vehicle. Launch proceeding...”
“Launch on track for tomorrow morning at 10:10 am Cape Canaveral time”
“@andrewliebchen @_chrissimmons Exactly. Then no need for clean energy subsidies, as externality is priced into mkt behavior”
“@_ChrisSimmons A carbon tax would affect coal even more than gasoline, so electricity would also become more expensive”
“One often hears that there is no point in a US carbon tax unless China acts. Well, they just did http://t.co/SIp9NzkulK http://slate.me/ZGAPVz”
“Rocket static fire @SpaceX Cape Canaveral launch pad looks good. Engines generated 433 tons of thrust, parameters nominal.”
“@FaeLoba Best is winning competitions like Formula SAE, design/build/fly or other evidence of exceptional eng ability”
“@EricIdle Cool! Btw, thought you might appreciate that 1st flight of Dragon spacecraft carried a large wheel of cheese :)”
“Thanks @CNBC! “@Lebeaucarnews: The Model S delivered what @elonmusk promised. A ride to make you re-think going electric.””
“Appreciate thoughtful @Sulliview article. Faith in @nytimes restored.”
“Revolutions don't happen if you just roll over to the powers that be. Got to fight for what you believe. That's why http://t.co/GxkT0LVL http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22601708/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-is-right-battle-bad”
“Genius move “@cdabel114: @CNN Well, to be fair, they did use the controversial gimmick of actually charging up the car””
“CNN about halfway through East Coast Supercharger test drive of @TeslaMotors Model S w @PeterDrives & @AbigailBassett”
“Testing the Model S on a surface of pure ice and snow http://t.co/OeZwXFSv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0sflIrq_UM”
“Btw, more free East Coast Superchargers coming soon. Will allow lower initial charge, v high speed trip & long detours, like NYTimes drive.”
“@batasrki Yeah, Top Gear pretended the Tesla Roadster ran out of charge and they had to push it home. Logs showed 50 miles range left.”
“@tomleykis Thanks Tom! Support of real Tesla customers like yourself who drive the car every day is v much appreciated.”
“Tesla data logging is only turned on with explicit written permission from customers, but after Top Gear BS, we always keep it on for media.”
“Tesla blog coming soon detailing what actually happened on Broder's NYTimes "range test". Also lining up other journalists to do same drive.”
“NYTimes article about Tesla range in cold is fake. Vehicle logs tell true story that he didn't actually charge to max & took a long detour.”
“Busted “@TheOnion: Barack Obama: 'Look, I'm Just Going To Say It: I Collect Antique Nazi Memorabilia' http://t.co/KExXRoBL” http://onion.com/Wtrvzw”
“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/”
“Our Great^n Grandfather http://t.co/zxndg3WF http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/science/common-ancestor-of-mammals-plucked-from-obscurity.html?_r=0”
“No, they are not “@AutoblogGreen: Are electric vehicles really a 'dead end'? @Reuters sure thinks so http://t.co/nwAdCLU2” http://aol.it/Y9nYoz”
“Wow, 180,000 American killed by other Americans since 9/11 vs only 33 by muslim terrorists http://t.co/BEdhLqJS http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/american-muslim-terrorism/?cid=co5626214”
“Great spirit here in the Superdome. Awesome rally by the @49ers!! #SB47”
“I love indoor flamethrowers http://t.co/aAnFftoD”
“My thoughts on the nature of the issue with the battery pack supplied to Boeing http://t.co/57Y7UyaC http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-787-battery-fundamentally-unsafe-381627/”
“Desire to help Boeing is real & am corresponding w 787 chief engineer. Junod's Esquire article had high fiction content.”
“What it feels like to ride a rocket http://t.co/b5vhLvqg http://youtu.be/nUV6oqCFrFU”
