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Sep 26, 2016 9:26 AM
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YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
Elon musk for president
westvillehigh
As a Raptor. I can confirm.
BoobiesMeow
Where's the raptor?
H2O52
If it ever lift the launchpad, it's gonna be a blast! and if it doesn't... ;)
TheWorldIsATollFreeToilet
Isn't this the end scene of Howard the Duck?
cafewombat
Something something something dark side
Grant0
Oh great now they've pushed Earth out of orbit
FourCatsAndSevenMemesAgo
When we're not destroying Facebook satellites, we're creating new ways to destroy Facebook satellites!
IfmynameisDICKdoesthatmakemeNSFW
Are you saying LASER RAPTORS?
TharrickLawson
Shit, is it the Viking Age again?
moricai
That would explain the laser raptors.
10centstoadime
I don't want raptors transported interplanetary to my earth or any other earth for that matter
didIseewhatIdidthere
Anything can be a interplanetary transport engine if you're brave enough
TeflonTrout
Nice of them to not blow something up this time.
TheRealGooberKelly
ELON MUSK PLEASE ELABORATE ON YOUR CONCERNS FOR GENERAL A.I. IT IS A FASCINATING SUBJECT.
Neegrow
Sorry Alderaan
Thisiscoolshit
Username relevant
WhatTheDormouseSaid
Yes it is indeed
MrForgetfulable
Well that was an unnecessary comment.
MikkelEgerrup
BWOOOOOONG! *Inception sound*
xtraa
It's driven with liquid methan, so actually we fart ourselves to Mars.
alupnya
My kids are going to love this!
hinro133
It's liquid, so more of a shart, really
SephiRothIRA
But in space no one can hear me fart...
Vedar
I'm going to be dead before all the cool stuff comes along. I just know it.
KanzenChowa
Dont lie to us elon musk. We can see thats a space laser
SummerOfBees
It's times like this that I really wish I could favourite comments
PerfectGifComment
edwardelricsnipples
How else are we supposed to kill space commies
Marikhen
With Martian bald eagles of course. They have talons that can cut diamond and can spit acid up to 40' away, at least on Mars.
Flustercuck
toocheekyraccoon
And that's how you make lightsaber
thepartypooperscooper
His name reminds me of cheap cologne that you can trick someone into believing it's expensive.
Golduneye
Engage
dosvader
It is, I suppose, some kind of Audio-vibratory, physiomolecular transport device?
KittenLion
Don't cross the streams
morithum
Is he trolling everyone with a pic from a movie?
fitlike
Don’t cross the streams.
hammsnbacon
Absolutely. Four years ago was pretty kickass. 2020 not so much there bud.
Paradoxroutine
Where the star citizen fund are really going.
afx82
What if all these space loving billionaires worked together instead of separate.. Bezos, Musk and Branson.
wulfbrt
cold war competition sent people to the moon, it was pretty much a ballistic missile project, but still.. once that was over NASA stagnated
oopsIdroppedmypocketpasta
NASA stagnated after the Cold War because average Americans are idiots who would rather support wars than space exploration.
DeathStarWasAnInsideJob
Competition, varieties and redundancy are all good
SleeveHo
Variety is not necessarily a bad thing. Different ideas being worked on could move things along faster but I do wonder the same
kyrtian
Then nothing would get done because they would tied up in meetings arguing all day. Small teams are more efficient
shimmernshine
Branson's idea guy retired, sadly, and Virgin Galactic is pretty much DOA after Spaceship Two's hull loss.
BuzzedAldrin
They just flew the second Spaceship Two like two weeks ago. VG is working on orbital rockets right down the road from SpaceX as we speak.
shimmernshine
Huh, hadn't heard anything about that. Last I'd heard was Rutan was pretty much retired and the crash was a potential project ender.
BuzzedAldrin
Yep, Rutan isn't involved anymore but he's been away from it for a while now. VG is building something called "LauncherOne" for sats.
TonyBalogna
Their exploding egos would make the Apollo missions look like bottle rockets.
Kayayayaya
Monopoly restrictions?
SherMattLockSmith
Branson and Bezos are more into space tourism, opening up near earth space to the population, Musk, opening up space to the private sector.
BuzzedAldrin
Bezos recently announced the 'New Glenn' - definitely not just for tourists. Branson is working on orbital rockets for satellites.
SherMattLockSmith
I will believe such things when I see it put to productive ends, but at the moment Blue origins is centered on space tourism.
SherMattLockSmith
Announcing things is great and all, I am just basing my opinion on current results of ventures.
SherMattLockSmith
Their announcements seem like "too little too late" just waiting to see what others do and announcing something better rather than results.
SherMattLockSmith
While musk performs first and then announces concepts based on proven results.
AnExcellentRectangle
The competition drives innovation. They are all trying to be better than each other and reach major achievements first.
AwesomeName
...until they realize that (astronomical distances being what they are) it doesn't have to pay off to be the first to reach an achievement.
AwesomeName
What's the use of being the first to start if advances in propulsion mean you are probably not the first to arrive?
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TangledMess
We wouldn't have split the atom if it wasn't for war
Sacurason
*good teamwork is proven to be more efficient.
Mirawatts
Only if all 3 of the billionaires agree to fund it and all 3 stay out of it's operation and development.
serban1703
There's a very basic rule. Conflict breeds progress.
rossimus
European domination of the world was a function of near endless competition. China's stagnation and decline, a function of unification.
Snooj
Teamwork got us to the moon but competition fueled the project.
CaptainAmerica24
how exactly?
datUkrainian
My group projects in highschool were usually complete shit. So much for teamwork
StandardDeviant
Ask Russia how that worked for them
xtraa
Or ask the native americans how they think about it? I smell socialismphobia, but having coops is good for every startup today, too.
StandardDeviant
I'm talking about having ONE state-run company that does a certain thing, with no competition. That's what the Soviet Union did (1/2)
AsFakeAsTrees
Competition sent people to the moon. Team work caused ww1
bamcockseverywhere
No, it didn't. Aerospace companies specialized in different systems based on the contract up thru Apollo. You're thinking of fighter jets
rossimus
Massive federal funding was a function of geopolitical competition. Without the federal funding, no moon landing.
ICollectReactionGifs
he's implying USA vs USSR to the moon, not companies
haroldmann
*Germans
DickCheneytheDefilerBanned
Ww1 isn't Germanys fault... it was So Gores fault
TheresAlwaysSomething
What? Germany just upheld a treaty in WW1.
GasBandit
Actually, WW1 was directly the fault of France and Russia.
bttycrckr
a what
Qualtagh
a awesome
DoubleSecretAgent
Big tube makes big fire. Makes tube go far places.
hawks88
They have raptors Dr grant
hockeyham
They're sending dinosaurs to Mars, motherfucker!!!!
bttycrckr
are you a hockey playing ham, or are you a hockey playing with a ham?
hockeyham
I like hockey, I like ham radio. I've played rec league but that's about it.
bttycrckr
cool
TheDeviIsAdvocate
great time to be alive... can't you read?
Brakett
WE SENDING RAPTORS TO THE MOON, BABY!
AMFMAN
Yyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!
rubbarz
A big stick that goes really boom and sends your shit forward fast
bttycrckr
my shit...? wow
AprilHamLincon
RITE
messierthirtyone
A raspberry cake inter Hayden Panettiere poop crossaint
BlueStringsAttached
AN! INTER! PLANETARY! TRANSPORT! ENGINE!
ruinthejoke
Intergalactic, planetary?
Caniac
Another dimension. Another dimension
MonstrousJohnson
Planetary, intergalactic.
DeathStarWasAnInsideJob
A high ISP cryogenic methane rocket engine generating a mind boggling 3.2 mega newtons of thrust
CarlosSpicyweiner
3.2 mega newtons
byohzzrd
Acceleration is great, how are they handling deceleration?
Rickbot
3.2 mega newtons. Anything with mega in it's gotta be worth a watch...
playelastic
a what
Wolfos
An efficient rocket engine powered by cold-ass methane.
twohearteddoctor
So how much faster will that make rockets?
spidercop
About 30 speed
AntoniusBlock33
Just like my hips
apathybeginsathome
So your hips aren't lying?
AntoniusBlock33
No lies - they are really thrustworthy
q2grapple
How YOU doin'??
AntoniusBlock33
ummmat
A WIZARD, HARRY
Doomle
Snotch
MonkeyHittingPianoDramatically
DumbLoser
You're a hairy wizard!
axelasdf
No, the Merlin engines were for the Falcon 9.
FilthyRedmond
Wat
javierjabanero1
LISSEN HERE HAGRID YOU HAIRY BASTARD
TomRiddlemethisBatman
I PUT MAH DICK IN THE OWL
91maroz
A lizard?
ImAkuTheShapeShiftingMasterofDarkness
A blizzard, Harry!
HowlingDysphoria
A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizzard
DeathStarWasAnInsideJob
It has better fuel efficiency and is cheaper to refurbish, making it suitable for reusable rockets
MisterOp
so it's simply just a better engine
Rotmaster
After his "hyperloop" I take everything he comes up with with a grain of salt
bttycrckr
what has better fuel efficiency?
SpaceSphere
But if its interplanetary the whole concept of being reusable seems unwarranted unless its just stage 1
DeathStarWasAnInsideJob
The lower stages are still suppose to lift back to earth like the Falcon 9
NotSoFatTony84
Fly it there and land it...eventually send supplies to refuel and be able to leave.
MalcomReynoldsButt
I'm no scientist, but I think being able to make it back to earth would be pretty important
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
Promote this man to 'Scientist'
bamcockseverywhere
they don't even have the rest of the rocket stages finished yet much less putting this one in an actual rocket body
jdlsharkman
It isn't. No feasible Mars trip has a return plan, only permanent colonies.