Comments on: Tesla aimed for Mars will be the payload on first Falcon Heavy launch https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:48:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027961 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:48:40 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027961 Wayne,

It’s always a better bet to self insure if you have the means. Insurance only works because of positive expectations. Of course, this means driving like you’ve self insured.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027925 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:45:43 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027925 In all seriousness however, informative long-form interview with Musk from 2012.

PandoMonthly:
“Fireside Chat With Elon Musk”
https://youtu.be/uegOUmgKB4E
(1:03:10)

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027923 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:33:21 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027923 “Elon Musk: How I Wrecked My Uninsured McClaren F1”
2012
https://youtu.be/mOI8GWoMF4M
4:11

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027897 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:57:41 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027897 “Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale”
http://farmacologiaclinica.info/scales/BPRS/

]]> By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027886 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:13:08 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027886 Another Tesla wondering around looking for a charging station – and expecting free energy at that!

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027802 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:29:10 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027802 Not quite the flying cars we expected, but it’ll do for now.

]]> By: Laurie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027791 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 03:15:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027791 I hope he doesn’t lock his keys in the car.

]]> By: Kirk https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027769 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:30:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027769 Regarding the strange reports coming from the Verge, it looks like this (2008 Roadster payload for FH demo launch) is for real, and it is unclear what the context of the “totally made it up” message was which lead them to thinking it was all joke.

Phil Plait has some more details, specifically about it being sent not into an orbit around Mars, but “a precessing Earth-Mars elliptical orbit around the sun”.

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-mars

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027753 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 23:15:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027753 Considering his net worth when he sent up a wheel of cheese to his net worth today, it seems about right. But in reality he’s just preparing in advance for the eventual conflict with an aggressive artificial intelligence (following James T. Kirk’s many fine examples.)

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027740 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:28:28 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027740 I would like it if it was programed to loudly play “Radar Rider” as it entered mars atmosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ

]]> By: Mitch S. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027735 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:02:12 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027735 Imagine if he does it and a century from now a ship gets into an interplanetary fender-bender.
Wouldn’t be the first time a spacecraft of the future had an unfortunate encounter with a much older land vehicle…

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/star-trek—the-last-voyage/n8636?snl=1

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027734 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 22:01:50 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027734 Musk said he wanted to launch the silliest thing he could think of, so who knows?

]]> By: Kirk https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/tesla-aimed-for-mars-will-be-the-payload-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/#comment-1027717 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:48:12 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=49029#comment-1027717 The Verge seems to think that this was all a prank: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/1/16726822/spacex-falcon-heavy-tesla-roadster-launch-elon-musk

“Musk first tweeted out the idea on Friday evening, but in an email response to our inquiry confirming the plan, Musk wrote “it’s so real.” After this story was published, Musk told us he “totally made it up.”

To further complicate the story, Musk reportedly told Ars Technica’s Eric Berger that his Tesla-to-Mars plan was “100% real.” ”

I’d be surprised if this just turns out to be a four month premature joke, but we don’t really know. As far as I can tell, the note on The Verge’s article is the only hint that it might be a joke.

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