Docter Rendevous himself (Buzz Aldrin) pioneered that solution.

Only it’s not. When such a vehicle is transitting, it’s in freefall. Like many other objects in freefall it will rotate along it’s minimum energy lines. (Think about what happens when you drop a wrench, for example) Elon’s fat cylinder design would have a slight wobble that will need to be corrected by thrusters or…

Torch.

I talked to an old engineer on this, and his view kind of cracked me up. To paraphrase.

I’d imagine sitting a few stories on top of the bio-luminescent, microbial soup we call an ocean may poise some other corrosion issues aside from just galvanic.

Instead of spending billions, couldnt you bum a procedure or two from the Navy since corrosion control (in a caustic salt water environment) is kind of their thing?

Some thoughts from some pilot friends.

Although the Navy routinely shock tests true ships, this is the first time they have done such devastating and potentially lethal testing on their Mil-Spec Jet Ski.

A word of the wise, DO IT!

Hmmm, I smell a brown shoe, and I wish I could buy you a beer.

You don’t count. Navy pilots always sleep well. You’d probably sleep through a freight train accelerating from 0 to 100, 2 stories above you at 2 am, while you sat in a tiny bunk rocking in a hurricane. You'd sleep that way because your only comfort is the warm knowledge that you are the absolute best.

You ever hear of the term, the long peace? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Peace

Ive looked at this photo for an hour now and i cant find the fourteenth fighter. Damn stealth raptors.

The us navy likes to misname things to confuzzle the enemy. For its role and size its really a battlecruiser.

Sooooo…

Also, it's going to stall out on Barnaby Wainfan's Laws of aerodynamics, just like every other flying var.

“Death is so final, whereas life is full of possibilities.” -Tyrion Lannister.

Patrick, could you ungrey me if I put some French military jokes here?

Please no.

Torch,