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Feb 8, 2018

SpaceX Successfully Launches The Falcon Heavy With A Tesla Roadster On Board

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

The Falcon Heavy is finally on its way to mars and this rocket has had its fair share of delays. Elon Musk gave us a first glimpse of the rocket a couple of months ago and then a little later announced the unique cargo that it would be carrying. At the start of this year, he announced that the rocket will be launched within the first month but there were more unexpected delays and things finally got back on track as it completed the static test last week.

The Falcon Heavy Rocket launched its test flight successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Millions of fans from all around the globe watched the launch go off without a hitch. The Falcon Heavy has 27 engines which give a thrust equal to 18 Boeing (BA) 747 jetliners making it the biggest rocket ever made. “It’s the biggest rocket in the world by far,” SpaceX CEO Musk told CNN’s Rachel Crane on Monday.

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Feb 7, 2018

Elon Musk’s Tesla overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to the asteroid belt

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space, sustainability, transportation

Deeper space.

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Feb 3, 2018

If Elon Musk is to colonise Mars, he’ll need to recruit a crew of genetically-modified humans

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, genetics, space

People who live on Mars may need to be genetically altered to be resistant to radiation. And while it might seem a long way off, research is already underway to work out how this can be done.

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Jan 31, 2018

Tesla Charges Ahead With Electric Truck and New Roadster

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Elon Musk just pulled off a Steve Jobs-ian “one more thing” surprise. https://bloom.bg/2zaIMum

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Jan 29, 2018

Why Elon Musk is selling flamethrowers

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Elon Musk’s latest product is the next in a long line of PR stunts for companies like Tesla, The Boring Company and more.

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Jan 10, 2018

Tesla Powers Up New York Gigafactory Solar Roof Assembly Line

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Tesla Inc. has kicked off production of its long-awaited electricity-producing shingles that Elon Musk says will transform the rooftop solar industry.

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Dec 30, 2017

To Californians, it looked like a UFO. To Elon Musk, success | Bloomberg | Business Standard

Posted by in categories: business, Elon Musk, satellites, space

“The mission from California’s central coast was Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s 18th this year.”

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Dec 22, 2017

First Image of Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster getting ready to go to Mars on a SpaceX rocket

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

There have been a lot of doubts and confusion around Elon Musk’s claim that the first payload of SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy will be his own original Tesla Roadster.

But now it looks more real than ever as we get to see the first image of the electric vehicle being turned into a payload.

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Dec 8, 2017

Elon Musk says Tesla is making A.I. hardware that could be ‘the best in the world’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

At a private party on Thursday, Elon Musk spoke boldly about Tesla’s upcoming custom artificial intelligence hardware.

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Dec 8, 2017

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Just Released a Map of Its Proposed LA Tunnel System

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

Elon Musk’s Boring Company, which was founded to create tunnels for an underground transportation system in Los Angeles, has released a map illustrating a proposed network for those tunnels.

The Boring Company was i nspired by Musk’s frustrations with LA’s notoriously congested traffic. Operating beneath Interstate 105, the tunnels would hold large electric skates that could transport cars at speeds of up to 150 mph (241 km/h).

Commuters without their own vehicles would be able to travel in communal passenger cars.

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