You'd think this was a party thread or something.I am torn by two opposing ideas1) give it to the video decode team2) sometimes a cigar is just a cigarI think someone in SpaceX said "make it just enough non random looking that the fan boys go crazy"
Has anybody given any thought as to why Elon is doing this announcement at 7pm locally, which is 10pm EDT? He's too late for the Thursday news cycle in the US or Europe, and so early for Friday that if anything big happens he could get frozen out of the headlines altogether. The only upside I can see is that it lets his fans watch the stream outside of work, but that doesn't seem like a sufficient reason to do it so late. Any thoughts?
Please attach images, not embed them. It breaks the site layout, and horizontal scrolling is an abomination.
OK - since we're now officially off update status, I'll speculate that - just as the Teslas drove onto stage, the Dragon 2 will come onto stage from above. Not under rocket power though, I think even Elon can't be that cavalier with the safety of his audience, but perhaps simulated rockets.
If that picture of the seat is real, it looks like it has some very nice looking upholstery at least!