Mallette Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I've been touting Musk to be considered the Father of Space and the greatest mind of the 21rst century for several years. He hasn't been proven wrong yet. He's landing his boosters with pinpoint accuracy on a regular basis and will be transporting crews via the Dragon multi-purpose ship next year. Dragon is capable of landing under power as well, but not sure when that will be implemented. Point is he is WAY ahead of NASA or anyone else. Now comes the "BFR," apply named being larger than Saturn V and capable of carrying a hundred passengers to Shanghai in 39 minutes...or to Mars. He says it will be flying in 10 years. I believe him...because he hasn't been wrong yet. As he says that the thing will be about the same price to ride as a full fare economy ticket, I may live to ride a rocket. Stay tuned... Dave 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 43 minutes ago, Mallette said: I've been touting Musk to be considered the Father of Space and the greatest mind of the 21rst century for several years. He hasn't been proven wrong yet. Uh, no to being "the greatest mind of the 21st century." Yes to being proven completely wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I'm a fan Who would go to Mars???? Who would be the first Klipsch on Mars owner???I hope this happens https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/science/elon-musk-mars.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMusk%2C Elon The presentation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I'm still waiting on my auto-piloted car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 1 hour ago, wvu80 said: Uh, no to being "the greatest mind of the 21st century." Yes to being proven completely wrong. He was right about PayPal and nobody noticed. Predictions were that Tesla would fail, and that hasn't happened. SpaceX was supposed to fail years ago and is now by far the most advanced space technology on the planet, bar none (known). The Hyperloop wasn't funded, so you only have the word of the skeptics who made the above predictions for it. Rest my case. He has a LOT of ideas not tested...but none are as important to him as personally visiting Mars...and Hyperloop and the others he isn't pursuing are distractions unless someone wants to fund them. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Any fans of Star Trek??? When I watch Elon I think of Reginald Barclay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Steve_S said: When I watch Elon I think of Reginald Barclay Yep, I get that. But no signs of him freaking out yet. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Mallette said: The Hyperloop wasn't funded, so you only have the word of the skeptics who made the above predictions for it. Rest my case. I don't understand, what do you mean it wasn't funded? Do you mean it wasn't built? A $12 million test track was built and it failed. Did you watch the video? It is and will be a colossal failure, it is 100% Musk's idea. It isn't feasible. It has nothing to do with skepticism, it's a fundamentally flawed idea that will never work. The best test car out of 1200 idea could only reach 50 mph, not even close to the 700 mph claimed. None of the other cars could even make it to the end of the test tube not even a mile long. What proof do you need? This Musk idea is a total failure, it fails science. Have you ever seen what happens when a vacuum tube fails? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Why argue about this. The guy is undoubtedly a great mind with enough proof positive to scratch your head thinking " well maybe he's on to something"? Somewhat of a visionary I suppose with the mind and persuasiveness to see projects to an end. Isn't it good we have people and minds like this? I wonder how many jobs he has created? I'd take one of him to ten app developers to add yet another worthless gimmick to a phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 17 minutes ago, richieb said: Why argue about this It's a wet blanket contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Usually anyone with a vision or dream gets crapped on. Galileo for one. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 11 hours ago, wvu80 said: Have you ever seen what happens when a vacuum tube fails? If that's a serious issue, maybe they can use magnetism to float the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 15 hours ago, wvu80 said: It is and will be a colossal failure, it is 100% Musk's idea. It isn't feasible. No idea where you get your information. Google for the past year and found a variety of info...none saying with any scientific backing that it was anything like a failure. Wiki is reasonably objective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop But there are a LOT more citations. I am not getting into a debate about Musk's genius. It's well enough demonstrated not to need me. Besides, the Hyperloop (other than on Mars, where no tube would be needed in the thin atmosphere) is a red herring. You want to argue that his BFR will be a total failure, go to it. As for me, I shall wait and watch this guy reshape the future. He has refocused the world on all electric cars by tripling the efficiency (they said it couldn't be done), implementing the most advanced autonomous tech (also wasn't going to happen for 20 years), and has developed rocket technology that no one else has. If I had money, it would be on him. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 3 hours ago, Jeff Matthews said: If that's a serious issue, maybe they can use magnetism to float the car Wouldn't help. It's the air resistance that is the issue. As to whether it is a serious issue, that remains to be seen. Failure of spacecraft or submarine hulls are equally disastrous...but we've overcome that. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 17 hours ago, Steve_S said: I'm a fan Started watching him with Tesla. I'd really love to be a 20 year old engineering major right now. I'd start out sweeping floors to work for this giant. That video of a rocket touching done on Earth is something I would have bet 15 years ago I'd never live to see...but there it is, thanks to the "Iron Man." Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Shooting things through tubes is nothing new, I don't see why it cant be ramped up in size, though it doesn't appeal to me to travel that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I'd really love to be a 20 year old engineering major right now. I'm just testing a Chrome Add-On named, "Create Link." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 On 9/30/2017 at 6:59 PM, Mallette said: Predictions were that Tesla would fail, and that hasn't happened. SpaceX was supposed to fail years ago Isn't it amazing how 4 billion in government money can help the bottom line.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 This is cool.....Blink-182 Tom DeLonge https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ Fmr. Manager of DOD Aerospace Threat Program: “UFOs are Real” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_us_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874?section=us_weird-news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted October 20, 2017 Moderators Share Posted October 20, 2017 Apparently he didn't get the memo about it being a failure. He was issued a permit to dig 13 miles of tunnel in Baltimore today. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-boring-company-maryland-20171020-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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