Option 5: Matt Damon is actually trapped on Mars.

I can't entirely get on board with the idea that just "old Russian engines" are by themselves the culprit. It's not like Orbital rolled the engines off a boat and stuffed them up into the rocket's bum without any inspection or testing.

No quite the opposite, it is NATO who has forgotten it and is pushing things to a very dangerous level these past few years. Russia is reminding to morons in DC and Brussels to stay away from its lair and territorial grounds.

I think Elon is getting a really good idea just how hard space travel can be

First off, I work on this rocket. It's really bad ass, I love it, can't wait to see it fly.

FYI, hp is easy to get, a nice flat torque curve is not..but you knew that. 236/266 hp/ft-lbs is unacceptable though, given that the only difference between the 1GR-FE in the Tacoma and the 1GR-FE in the 270/278 hp/ft-lbs in the 4Runneris the addition of VVT on the intake cam in addition to the exhaust cam. Its…

stuff will run into it while being shot into orbit and then it will be regulated and then the price will go up... so hurry hurry hurry get your junk into space while you still can.

Well if America stopped the "your job is your god" work ethic it might also help.

Eh, things have been wrong with society always.

This sounds like...good news actually. Maybe even the cars themselves are tired of the beige rap and decided to take matters into their own hands.