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#520
by
Lar
on 26 Dec, 2017 22:30
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Musk said that if someone went and got it, they could have it.
That's not necessarily a binding statement but it is indicative.
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#521
by
zodiacchris
on 26 Dec, 2017 22:46
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Who knows, we might see it hanging of the ceiling in the Blue Origin factory lobby in a decade. That might ruffle Elon’s feathers a bit
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#522
by
meekGee
on 26 Dec, 2017 23:26
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Musk said that if someone went and got it, they could have it.
That's not necessarily a binding statement but it is indicative.
If the owner explicitly gives it up, then sure... Not much to argue about...
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#523
by
OxCartMark
on 27 Dec, 2017 15:04
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ALL THESE CARS ARE YOURS EXCEPT ROADSTER.
ATTEMPT NO RETRIEVAL.
USE THEM TOGETHER.
USE THEM IN PEACE.
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#524
by
NX-0
on 27 Dec, 2017 15:06
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Y'all are missing the point.
If someone has the ability to salvage this...that means someone has developed some awesome spacefaring technology and Elon would be thrilled.
Right now, only one publicly proposed vehicle might have the ability to do something like this...and that's BFR.
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#525
by
OxCartMark
on 27 Dec, 2017 16:23
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If someone has the ability to salvage this...that means someone has developed some awesome spacefaring technology
Not necessarily. One of the more low tech ways that it could be salvaged would be with side scan sonar, a ROV, and a ship with a crane. Go Searcher and Go quest should be in good position to get there first if things go that way and other potential salvage ships will initially be outside the exclusion zone - a head start that Elon may have been thinking of when he said others could try salvaging it. This is if things go that way, not saying they will or not, actually hoping for a higher outcome.
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#526
by
NX-0
on 27 Dec, 2017 16:36
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If someone has the ability to salvage this...that means someone has developed some awesome spacefaring technology
Not necessarily. One of the more low tech ways that it could be salvaged would be with side scan sonar, a ROV, and a ship with a crane. Go Searcher and Go quest should be in good position to get there first if things go that way and other potential salvage ships will initially be outside the exclusion zone - a head start that Elon may have been thinking of when he said others could try salvaging it. This is if things go that way, not saying they will or not, actually hoping for a higher outcome.
Go Searcher and Go Quest are not quite equipped for deep space salvage.
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#527
by
Johnnyhinbos
on 27 Dec, 2017 16:47
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If someone has the ability to salvage this...that means someone has developed some awesome spacefaring technology
Not necessarily. One of the more low tech ways that it could be salvaged would be with side scan sonar, a ROV, and a ship with a crane. Go Searcher and Go quest should be in good position to get there first if things go that way and other potential salvage ships will initially be outside the exclusion zone - a head start that Elon may have been thinking of when he said others could try salvaging it. This is if things go that way, not saying they will or not, actually hoping for a higher outcome.
Go Searcher and Go Quest are not quite equipped for deep space salvage.
I think maybe you missed OxCartMark's point...
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#528
by
kevin-rf
on 27 Dec, 2017 17:35
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If someone has the ability to salvage this...that means someone has developed some awesome spacefaring technology
Not necessarily. One of the more low tech ways that it could be salvaged would be with side scan sonar, a ROV, and a ship with a crane. Go Searcher and Go quest should be in good position to get there first if things go that way and other potential salvage ships will initially be outside the exclusion zone - a head start that Elon may have been thinking of when he said others could try salvaging it. This is if things go that way, not saying they will or not, actually hoping for a higher outcome.
Go Searcher and Go Quest are not quite equipped for deep space salvage.
I think maybe you missed OxCartMark's point...
I think OxCartMark is an optimist, if things go that way, you will need a strainer to find and pick up all the pieces.
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#529
by
matt_ellis
on 27 Dec, 2017 18:14
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Space.com appear to have a photo of the Tesla mounted and awaiting closure of the fairing halves...
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#530
by
envy887
on 27 Dec, 2017 18:27
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#531
by
Tonioroffo
on 29 Dec, 2017 07:10
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I assume that Elon maintains ownership of the Tesla after its deployed right? At what point could someone decide to 'salvage' it?
I was initially thinking about a time capsule in the trunk. But then thought maybe put some things that would appreciate in value. So that the longer its out there the more valuable they become. To actually encourage development of commercial technology to rendezvous and retrieve...at the very least as a 'prize'.
Maybe on Elon's death he releases a list of a few things that might encourage retrieval in the distant future? Hopefully the vehicle itself would be left orbiting in space.
A bitcoin "paper wallet" with the first ever mined 10.000 bitcoins, as obviously Elon invented it! /s
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#532
by
garidan
on 29 Dec, 2017 08:18
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Is there any margin payload is not the roadster? It has been a funny joke, but seriously wtf? Even a tank of water would be more useful, as resource or fuel. And anyway, glasses of the car will break already on static fire test.....
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#533
by
woods170
on 29 Dec, 2017 09:23
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Is there any margin payload is not the roadster? It has been a funny joke, but seriously wtf? Even a tank of water would be more useful, as resource or fuel. And anyway, glasses of the car will break already on static fire test.....
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When dealing with Elon, don't do "wtf".
Other than that: The Roadster has been treated like any other payload and has spent quite some time on the shaker.
Also, it will take a helluvalot more than launch vibrations to break that laminated windshield.
And there is the fact that the windshield is pretty much the only glass on the roadster. Most (if not all) of the other transparent stuff is plastic.
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#534
by
biosehnsucht
on 29 Dec, 2017 19:33
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Does "the shaker" reproduce the acoustic environment of a launch as well as the direct vibrations? I'm not sure if it will matter, it could be the fairings are sufficiently above and insulated from the sound to reduce it to a point it doesn't matter, but I had not considered this before.
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#535
by
LouScheffer
on 29 Dec, 2017 20:47
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#536
by
Mader Levap
on 29 Dec, 2017 23:55
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Is there any margin payload is not the roadster? It has been a funny joke, but seriously wtf? Even a tank of water would be more useful, as resource or fuel.
You seem to not know what this FH launch is about. This is test launch. Tesla is not intended as useful payload. It was either Roadster or block of concrete.
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#537
by
Bob Shaw
on 30 Dec, 2017 00:00
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Might have been cheese again!
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#538
by
Bob Shaw
on 30 Dec, 2017 00:01
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Other than that: The Roadster has been treated like any other payload and has spent quite some time on the shaker.
Also, it will take a helluvalot more than launch vibrations to break that laminated windshield.
And there is the fact that the windshield is pretty much the only glass on the roadster. Most (if not all) of the other transparent stuff is plastic.
I wonder how long it will be before his Tesla appears on eBay - buyer collect...
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#539
by
midnightrider3000
on 01 Jan, 2018 02:26
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Other than that: The Roadster has been treated like any other payload and has spent quite some time on the shaker.
Also, it will take a helluvalot more than launch vibrations to break that laminated windshield.
And there is the fact that the windshield is pretty much the only glass on the roadster. Most (if not all) of the other transparent stuff is plastic.
I wonder how long it will be before his Tesla appears on eBay - buyer collect...
LOL, I was actually thinking of listing it.
