Elon's Starman

a reply to: purplemer

are you SERIOUSLY comparing a balloon to a car tyre ????

a reply to: purplemer

It seems in space things go in reverse just like time ?

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: purplemer

are you SERIOUSLY comparing a balloon to a car tyre ????

Yes both are inlfated under pressure and have a stretchy skin.. If you made a balloon with very thick plastic is would be more like a tyre

originally posted by: purplemer

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: purplemer

are you SERIOUSLY comparing a balloon to a car tyre ????

Yes both are inlfated under pressure and have a stretchy skin.. If you made a balloon with very thick plastic is would be more like a tyre

Tires have cord plies an steel belts which are not stretchy at all.

originally posted by: moebius

originally posted by: purplemer

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: purplemer

are you SERIOUSLY comparing a balloon to a car tyre ????

Yes both are inlfated under pressure and have a stretchy skin.. If you made a balloon with very thick plastic is would be more like a tyre

Yes they are stretchy too. Just to a lesser extent..



Tires have cord plies an steel belts which are not stretchy at all.

originally posted by: purplemer

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: purplemer

are you SERIOUSLY comparing a balloon to a car tyre ????

Yes both are inlfated under pressure and have a stretchy skin.. If you made a balloon with very thick plastic is would be more like a tyre

Tyres also have to cope with huge forces for example.

The Bugatti Chiron's tyres can withstand 3,800G.

Inside a tyre

That was great fun! Elon Musk is so cool.

Always got time for David Bowie's "Starman" and the fun stuff SpaceX does.

David Bowie: Starman
Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky

didn't recognize the third song.

a reply to: 0bserver1

There's a strawman flying through the sky with multiple dashcams to blew our minds.

That's what I saw.



But my hair is made of tinfoil, so there's that as well. Thanks for sharing!

originally posted by: DanteGaland
Everyone is so impressed and amazed...

Meh.

Elon should have sent himself in a dragon capsule.

It's what Howard Hughes would have done.

HUMANS...we've gone soft.

Hah! You, my friend, have the true mindset of an actual genius.

Soon Musk did his best with the technology available to him. He sent a piece of metal in space.

A true genius seeks the impossible, and creates the technology to reach for that which we though could never exist.

a reply to: 0bserver1

I'd laugh and laugh if ET grabs it, and sends back pictures of it with the wheels and radio gone, and the thing has cement blocks glued to the bottom.

a reply to: wylekat

If they still know what cement is used for that is...?

a reply to: 0bserver1

Probably have the computer replicate it for them.