Whoever did this needs to receive a hefty dose of the “Click and Clack Dope Slap”® .

Overheating in your driveway is part of the experience.

You lost me at SBC. I thought, sweet, an unmolested Corvan? Don’t see that every day!

“They will also learn to love sky-scraper trucks with shorty beds that make room for giant quad cabs”

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Let’s say you get this thing for $8,000, just for instance. Assume you want to make it everything it could be. You put $5,500-6,500 into parts, trying to make it impressive.

I’d say I don’t mind getting this Ramp stamp (of approval)

I mangled this thing all to hell. Wanna buy it? 

I mean, I can think of worse ways to die than crashing in this thing. NP

I never interpreted Mistress as some sort of Heinleinian utopia or anything like that. I see no indicators that this is a type of society he would approve of or desire, just what he thinks likely would develop under the pre-existing circumstances of the world described in the novel.

Pssh. A comments section is no place for cold, dispassionate facts.

I couldn’t get over to watch this launch, but these are shots from some of my photog buddies. First one was shot from a boat, second one was on base.

God help us if Musk ever discovers Heinlein*

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Only if you survive the Great Musktato Famine first. 

I mean, I suppose caution is always a good idea with optimism, but I don’t think we need to hedge so much here—that was an important test and it’s great to see SpaceX finally positioned to carry astronauts into space.

Yes, nice to have you back. And it’s great to know that you have such a heart of gold that you pay your maid enough that her annual salary is as much as your shoes!

“Painting” stuff gold? What kind of “actually Notre Dame is a good school” crap is this?

The nemesis probably didn’t take long to deal with. It’s getting all the asset transferred after the hostile takeover of their company that usually takes time.

Welcome back Fancy Kristen! We missed you.