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Elon Musk: New Tesla Roadster will use Thrusters to Float Above the Ground

posted by martyb on Saturday January 12 2019, @09:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-is-Moller's-Skycar-doing? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Elon Musk has a knack for tweeting out some real eyebrow-raisers. On Wednesday afternoon, he delivered, once again:

The new Roadster will actually do something like this https://t.co/fIsTAYa4x8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019

So, is Musk just joking around?

“I’m not,” Musk replied on Twitter TWTR, -0.66% to the delight of his fan base. “Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultrahigh pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.”

Can't help but think Musk is full of crap here - even with the "removal of the rear seats" idea, I doubt that a tank of that size using cold gas only could hover a car for more than a handful of seconds.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-new-tesla-roadster-will-use-thrusters-to-float-above-the-ground-2019-01-10

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Saturday January 12 2019, @11:15AM (4 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday January 12 2019, @11:15AM (#785457) Journal

    He do like his cocaine.

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  • (Score: 2) by crafoo on Saturday January 12 2019, @06:35PM (2 children)

    by crafoo (6639) on Saturday January 12 2019, @06:35PM (#785618)

    So did Hunter S Thompson. So what?

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Saturday January 12 2019, @08:14PM (1 child)

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday January 12 2019, @08:14PM (#785656) Journal

      Hunter didn't Tweet under the influence.

      Maybe he crapped under the influence... i dunno...could be the same thing. :)

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      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @12:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @12:33AM (#785721)

        Hunter gave lectures under the influence (not sure what, but he was not straight). I attended one, it wasn't pretty, he spent most of the time picking a fight (verbally) with a few people in the front row.

  • (Score: 2) by Kalas on Saturday January 12 2019, @07:54PM

    by Kalas (4247) on Saturday January 12 2019, @07:54PM (#785647)

    Yeah, my exact thought on hearing this announcement is "this motherfucker is high as balls."
    That or his up to 120 hour work weeks (IIRC) have finally worn down his sanity.