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2019-08-29 Science & Technology

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nerves of nearby residents in Texas flight test

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Posted by Fred 2019-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Actually most of the residents have become minor celebrities and photographers/video-graphers.
Lots of "Go Fund Me"s for cameras, telescopes and video/internet servers from mounts in their front yards.

The whole money to be made bit. Copyrights galore!!
Whoo!

Posted by 3dc 2019-08-29 01:25|| 2019-08-29 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Small towns would love to see their water towers do that.

Posted by Snating Gray1918 2019-08-29 07:14|| 2019-08-29 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 It does look funny. A squat, gravity defying R2D2.

Kudos to Space-X. Now make those off-earth population re-locators.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-29 07:55|| 2019-08-29 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Future sci-fy novel: "In a way, Elon Musk did finance the exploration of humanity's home galaxy and beyond. When time travel was invented, the Commission wisely kept it secret and sent operatives back to place standard sports book bets against Musk's 'Starship' ever getting anywhere. The winnings from those bets were invested (with future knowledge of the markets and politics on Earth) and in 2257 the first warp-capable interstellar and intergalactic craft launched on the profits of Musk's scam..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-29 07:57|| 2019-08-29 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah'm more curious about the girth of Starhopper.
How many rotary feed cruise missile platforms can one put in that baby? Some desired targets are out of range of a coastline.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-08-29 22:31|| 2019-08-29 22:31|| Front Page Top

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