His predictions are always optimistic but if Raptor engine production can pick up as expected, their Superheavy tests succeed, and nothing else tries to stop them (like a natural disaster at Boca Chica, or the government) then there's no reason they couldn't have a landing in 5 years. An unmanned landing that is.
More likely they crash into the surface and try again at the next Earth-Mars alignment.
I used to be a doubter. Until he kept pulling it off. I still think Teslas are overpriced novelties, but the man knows what he is doing when it comes to space tech and even energy (apparently the solar panels he designed are excellent, so says an energy tech I know).
I'm still wrapping my head around what he thinks any difference is between "animals" and "creatures". The words are usually considered synonymous, as meaning "any member of the animal kingdom that isn't H. sapiens", but maybe he's one those "mammals = animals" people, but I was hoping he was smarter than that.
His predictions are always optimistic but if Raptor engine production can pick up as expected, their Superheavy tests succeed, and nothing else tries to stop them (like a natural disaster at Boca Chica, or the government) then there's no reason they couldn't have a landing in 5 years. An unmanned landing that is.
More likely they crash into the surface and try again at the next Earth-Mars alignment.
First flight for the full stack is in about a month, so he has 4 years to practice landing on earth before then.
It's coming this decade. People who doubt Elon are often proven wrong.
I used to be a doubter. Until he kept pulling it off. I still think Teslas are overpriced novelties, but the man knows what he is doing when it comes to space tech and even energy (apparently the solar panels he designed are excellent, so says an energy tech I know).
How's your robotaxi working out for you?
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I'm still wrapping my head around what he thinks any difference is between "animals" and "creatures". The words are usually considered synonymous, as meaning "any member of the animal kingdom that isn't H. sapiens", but maybe he's one those "mammals = animals" people, but I was hoping he was smarter than that.
Are bacteria considered animals?
No, bacteria belong to a kingdom all their own. In fact, a bacterial cell isn't anything like an animal cell, in that it lacks a nucleus.
There used to be "single-celled animals", like Amoeba and Paramecium, but I think they got demoted and removed to their own kingdom.