They were a first gen space plane. And they lasted 24 years. Were there too many tradeoffs...sure. but let's not pretend that they were not the most capable spacecraft ever built.
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Counterpoint: Tesla has good engineers because of their boss. i.e., they seek work as Tesla and do good work because they believe in Musk’s vision.
1. I would argue that Tesla would not be doing better without Musk. They would be a boutique and irrelevant maker of electric cars.
Why is that being a douche? It’s a competitive spirit that drives progress. As a species, we would not be here if we didn’t constantly try to one-up the other guy.
What!!! That's ridiculous. Hopefully the son became too much of a liability and was forced off the road .
That’s terrifying.
Yes, people are hilarious. From the article you posted:
1. The majority of crashes are frontal impact crashes.
2. Being in a rear-facing car seat is 5 times safer if the crash is front impact as the child’s head, neck and back are all being supported during the crash.
My kids were in the farthest position from the front…
1. Most accidents happen in front, that’s why kids sit in the back.
No, the 7 seater already exists. I have one, and it's a 2012. The seats I was talking about are 6&7 and they gave backwards.
The two seats in the back of my Model S are so damn useful. I actually specifically bought the car for those seats. They are only good for kids less than 5 feet tall, so that’s a negative. But a big plus is that you don’t have to carry additional booster seats.
The bad news is they stopped making the 7 seat version…
How (A) different than Tesla’s record at Laguna then?
I was 41 when I left as commanding officer of a navy squadron. At the time I held the rank of a Commander (O-5). The only way to keep flying regularly after that is to be a Commander of a an Air Wing (or CAG...the guy that sends Maverick to TOP GUN in the first movie). That job is an O-6 (Navy CAPT) job.
The hilarious thing, is that I’m constantly telling people in the Naval aviation community this exact thing. In the E-2 community we have spent billions (with a “b”) on simulators that try to model the aerodynamic effect of each bolt on the aircraft, whereas I can spend $50 on MS Flight simulator for an effect that is…
I have a 2012 P85 with about 96k miles. At full charge, I get 243 miles of rated charge (vs 265 when brand new). Although as a previous poster commented, that only gets you about 180 miles in winter. In practical sense it means an extra 15 min stop between DC and Chesapeake VA. I get the full 245 in Summer time with…
Then they are misinformed. It's not Tesla's fault that people are willfully ignorant.
As a Tesla owner, every other Tesla owner I’ve talked to completely understands what autopilot can do. The ones that don’t are outliers and “social media personalities”
Professional pilot. Autopilot does NOT mean the plane flies itself. You better bet I’m monitoring “George” the whole time it’s on.
She did it so that the entire realm would fear her. It’s classic Machiavelli. “It’s best to be both, but it’s better to be feared than loved”. She knew she would never be loved, so she had to establish fear.
I rolled my eyes because it was so forced. There’s no reason why in a battle of such epic proportions and chaos, that all the women would find themselves at the same place and at the same time. It was forced. Too forced.
Settle down crusader. No one here is trying to keep women down.
I saw the all girl team-up starting to happen, and did a eye roll of epic proportions. In my head, I was like “really?!!!”.
Then I look down and to my right at my 6 year old daughter and she leaps to her feet with her fist in the air and high-fives my wife.