In case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to do so, this is the Space X Falcon heavy lift rocket take off with a Tesla roadster as part of the payload. Maybe the right place for it?
http://www.alphr.com...urce=newsletter
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 12:13 pm
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 12:58 pm
2/3 for a return was good in rocket terms. 
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 03:22 pm
So he saves the planet by making electric cars......and then kills it by making rocket journeys affordable. 
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 04:08 pm
Aye, but without some sort of drastic population control program we're going to need to get out there relatively promptly surely? And spread the human disease......
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 04:54 pm
I loved the synchronised landing of the two boosters. The "Don't Panic" message on the dash of the Tesla was a nice touch - straight out of HGTTG!
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 05:59 pm
just think of bbbq with his resources look what we do with nowt im sure a star drive wouldn't be out of the question
just think of bbbq with his resources look what we do with nowt im sure a star drive wouldn't be out of the question
sorry wrong forum
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 07:10 pm
Great, Mars here we come....
I'm not lazy, just energy efficient...
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Posted 08 February 2018 - 09:48 pm
Sorry, my 1st thought was that there is some little c*** of a jobsworth looking for a way to stick a parking ticket on it
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 03:06 am
Sorry, my 1st thought was that there is some little c*** of a jobsworth looking for a way to stick a parking ticket on it
Why a parking ticket when the car is moving ?
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 05:34 am
I loved the synchronised landing of the two boosters. The "Don't Panic" message on the dash of the Tesla was a nice touch - straight out of HGTTG!
I wonder if work has started on the 'somebody else's problem' field yet....😂
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 09:26 am
It was all fake 
https://www.standard...g-a3761471.html
Aye, but without some sort of drastic population control program we're going to need to get out there relatively promptly surely? And spread the human disease......
There's a simple solution there....
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 10:04 am
It was all fake
That's just bloody depressing......
There's a simple solution there....
That on the other hand, is very interesting and a nice positive slant on the future. 😊
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 12:05 pm
Aye, but without some sort of drastic population control program we're going to need to get out there relatively promptly surely? And spread the human disease......
I can think of a few ways to survive that would be easier than trying to colonise Mars or it's like....
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Posted 09 February 2018 - 06:05 pm
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Posted 10 February 2018 - 03:03 pm
I can think of a few ways to survive that would be easier than trying to colonise Mars or it's like....
Give chavs the snip? 
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Posted 10 February 2018 - 03:49 pm
Give chavs the snip?
yeah, that'll do it.
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Posted 11 February 2018 - 10:07 am
Lots of cheering and whooping on the launch. Can you imagine if that was in GB.
A few yawns, a couple of cough's otherwise deathly silence.
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Posted 11 February 2018 - 12:04 pm
Lots of cheering and whooping on the launch. Can you imagine if that was in GB.
A few yawns, a couple of cough's otherwise deathly silence.
Marvelous, let's have a cup of tea.....
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