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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8400 on: 07/22/2025 04:43 pm »

OK, then it's deleted.  Thanks for the opinions.
Wait, wut? We're (self-)censoring party threads now?
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8401 on: 07/22/2025 05:25 pm »
Tesla Diner & Supercharger | Open 24/7

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Located in Hollywood, Tesla Diner is a retro-futuristic diner & drive-in charging experience all wrapped into one. 80 V4 Supercharger stalls are open to all NACS-compatible EVs, making it the largest urban Supercharger in the world.

You can place your order in advance or upon arrival through your vehicle's touchscreen & have your meal dropped off at your driver's side window – Or come inside to pick & choose

We have entertainment, too – movies & special features playing on 2 megascreens. Come dine & hang out on our Skypad...or cozy up in your Tesla & watch via the Tesla Diner app (where you'll find the movie schedule, too)

📍 7001 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood

Learn more – https://www.tesla.com/tesla-diner
Any of our local Elonologists have any theories on if and how this could tie into his Mars ambitions?

Anyone remember the 1980 TV version of "The Martian Chronicles". The late, great, actor Darren McGavin and his wife, played by Joyce Van Patten, opened the first roadside diner on Mars, which he predicted would make them a fortune...

There's your tie-in ;D.

Hopefully, the future ones will be more successful (don't want to give away any spoilers even though it has been 45 years).

See how I cleverly resurrected Catdlr's post  ::)
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8402 on: 07/22/2025 05:44 pm »
Tesla Diner & Supercharger | Open 24/7

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Jul 21, 2025
Located in Hollywood, Tesla Diner is a retro-futuristic diner & drive-in charging experience all wrapped into one. 80 V4 Supercharger stalls are open to all NACS-compatible EVs, making it the largest urban Supercharger in the world.

You can place your order in advance or upon arrival through your vehicle's touchscreen & have your meal dropped off at your driver's side window – Or come inside to pick & choose

We have entertainment, too – movies & special features playing on 2 megascreens. Come dine & hang out on our Skypad...or cozy up in your Tesla & watch via the Tesla Diner app (where you'll find the movie schedule, too)

📍 7001 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood

Learn more – https://www.tesla.com/tesla-diner
Any of our local Elonologists have any theories on if and how this could tie into his Mars ambitions?


See how I cleverly resurrected Catdlr's post  ::)

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8403 on: 07/22/2025 06:31 pm »
I hadn't meant to be snarky, I was genuinely curious whether or not there might be some kind of Mars relatable application for this venture like most of Elon's other businesses are speculated to have...

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8404 on: 07/22/2025 06:37 pm »
I hadn't meant to be snarky, I was genuinely curious whether or not there might be some kind of Mars relatable application for this venture like most of Elon's other businesses are speculated to have...

The only items that I observed as potentially relevant were the continuous video display shown on the two large screens in the parking lot of Starship launches and catches, and the droids serving popcorn. Aside from that, it appears to be a Tesla-themed local replication of the Bob's Big Boy restaurant's car drive-in spot with expensive burgers and a SpaceX-related gift store on the rooftop.  Certainly, a store that will be built at Starbase someday, on Mars, probably not.

I don't think the neighbors will like the large screens.

« Last Edit: 07/22/2025 06:40 pm by catdlr »
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8405 on: 07/22/2025 07:11 pm »
Until burger boxes are shaped like Starship, Tesla Diner is not allowed in this thread.

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8406 on: 07/23/2025 05:43 pm »
I think the Chinese were also considering this, except it was bamboo.   ;D

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8407 on: 07/25/2025 02:50 am »
Well if you’re ordering a lunch through the app it could be application to lunching… I mean launching
« Last Edit: 07/25/2025 02:54 am by CraigLieb »
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8408 on: 09/01/2025 03:23 pm »


Somebody tell a joke…
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8409 on: 09/01/2025 03:53 pm »
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cHH4bo5IvGM

Somebody tell a joke…

The other great quote from this character, later in this scene, was: "I'm so confused."
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8410 on: 09/27/2025 02:19 am »
Liked for the analogy 😀
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8411 on: 09/28/2025 09:11 am »
1h of SpaceX webcast music (September 28, 2025)

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8412 on: 10/09/2025 04:53 pm »
Sigh, another two part article finished. I should feel happy but am just drained after chasing archives, commas and references. It is great to share spaceflight history with you all but I need a beer. And to add insult to injury, I missed last weekend's NSF meetup. Not sure when this material will appear in public but probably a few weeks from now. Carry on.   

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8413 on: 10/11/2025 11:01 am »
Sigh, another two part article finished. I should feel happy but am just drained after chasing archives, commas and references. It is great to share spaceflight history with you all but I need a beer. And to add insult to injury, I missed last weekend's NSF meetup. Not sure when this material will appear in public but probably a few weeks from now. Carry on.

Sometimes songs jump into my head about posts I see…

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Lay your weary head to rest…
Don’t you cry no more…

DA DA DA DUMMM DA DADA DA DUMMM
DAA DE DADDLE DUM…
Colonize Mars, and send Elon…

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8414 on: 10/23/2025 04:51 pm »
Sigh, another two part article finished. I should feel happy but am just drained after chasing archives, commas and references. It is great to share spaceflight history with you all but I need a beer. And to add insult to injury, I missed last weekend's NSF meetup. Not sure when this material will appear in public but probably a few weeks from now. Carry on.

Sometimes songs jump into my head about posts I see…

Carry on, my wayward son.
There'll be meets when you are done (commas, etc).
Lay your weary head to rest…
Don’t you cry no more…

DA DA DA DUMMM DA DADA DA DUMMM
DAA DE DADDLE DUM…

On that note, I was fortunate to see Kansas perform that more than once way back in the day.

Now that life is somewhat less hectic, I have returned. I'll just leave this incredible creation right here. It's not mine but was brought to my attention by a thoughtful member. I love it.  8)

« Last Edit: 10/23/2025 04:55 pm by Elvis in Space »
Cheeseburgers on Mars!

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8415 on: 10/24/2025 10:54 am »
Sigh, another two part article finished. I should feel happy but am just drained after chasing archives, commas and references. It is great to share spaceflight history with you all but I need a beer. And to add insult to injury, I missed last weekend's NSF meetup. Not sure when this material will appear in public but probably a few weeks from now. Carry on.

Sometimes songs jump into my head about posts I see…

Carry on, my wayward son.
There'll be meets when you are done (commas, etc).
Lay your weary head to rest…
Don’t you cry no more…

DA DA DA DUMMM DA DADA DA DUMMM
DAA DE DADDLE DUM…

On that note, I was fortunate to see Kansas perform that more than once way back in the day.

Now that life is somewhat less hectic, I have returned. I'll just leave this incredible creation right here. It's not mine but was brought to my attention by a thoughtful member. I love it.  8)



How unrealistic! Nobody can play a guitar with spacesuit gloves on!    Lol 😂
(Ignoring the tiny detail of vacuum, etc)
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8416 on: 11/05/2025 02:18 am »
SpaceX kicked off this reusables era, and many others are joining the march in that direction. Apparently, we're even getting reusability going in nominations.  ;D

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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8417 on: 11/11/2025 07:50 pm »
ISS news:
Ground controllers have tried all day to restore crew connectivity to the wi-fi network Cloudnet used to access onboard programs/applications.  A server reboot failed to restore connectivity.  CAPCOM just told the crew a file was inadvertently labeled "Clounnet" so the file was corrected and re-uploaded.  Zena reported connectivity is restored and found the mis-named file hilarious.  The hazards of computer programming...
GIGO
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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8418 on: 11/20/2025 01:30 am »
As this is the only Party Thread…

It’s s good thing they got this image with New Glenn and not New Shepard.


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Re: Launch, Land, and Relaunch Party Thread
« Reply #8419 on: 11/20/2025 06:06 pm »
Man, you got some balls to post that...
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