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What do you mean by “missing Mars”? That seems to imply that the intent was to hit Mars, which is not the case.

SirLJ 9y ago
The hype was precisely this: "Falcon Heavy sends a car to Mars" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=...
- mikeash 9y ago
  They’ve been abundantly clear since the test payload was announced that it was not actually going to Mars, but rather into a heliocentric orbit with an aphelion around Mars’s orbit.
  - SirLJ 9y ago
    Elon Musk On Feb 2018 1:24 PM "Falcon Heavy sends a car to Mars" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=...
    - mikeash 9y ago
      And that’s what happens in the video.
      - SirLJ 9y ago
        Master BS
        mikeash 9y ago
        Did you have some sort of point you wanted to make here?
        SirLJ 9y ago
        “Tesla won't be making it to the asteroid belt, as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk originally claimed.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/elon-musks-tesla-overshot-mars-orbit-but-it-wont-reach-the-asteroid-belt-as-claimed.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/elon-musks-tesla-overshot-ma...
        mikeash 9y ago
        Oh no, they slightly miscalculated their initial estimate of the result of their depletion burn!
        SirLJ 9y ago
        Its called rocket science for a reason...
        mikeash 9y ago
        Are you under the impression that mistakes never get made in rocket science? Because a naive reading of your comment would indicate strong agreement with me, i.e. rocket science is really hard and mistakes are made.
        SirLJ 9y ago
        Cramer: Elon Musk is like illusionist David Blaine, a master at misdirection https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/cramer-musk-like-illusionist-david-blaine-a-master-at-misdirection.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/cramer-musk-like-illusionist...
        mikeash 9y ago
        You’re going with Jim “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble.“ Cramer on this?

The hype was precisely this: "Falcon Heavy sends a car to Mars" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=...

mikeash 9y ago
They’ve been abundantly clear since the test payload was announced that it was not actually going to Mars, but rather into a heliocentric orbit with an aphelion around Mars’s orbit.
- SirLJ 9y ago
  Elon Musk On Feb 2018 1:24 PM "Falcon Heavy sends a car to Mars" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=en https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960579820487954432?lang=...
  - mikeash 9y ago
    And that’s what happens in the video.
    - SirLJ 9y ago
      Master BS
      - mikeash 9y ago
        Did you have some sort of point you wanted to make here?
        SirLJ 9y ago
        “Tesla won't be making it to the asteroid belt, as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk originally claimed.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/elon-musks-tesla-overshot-mars-orbit-but-it-wont-reach-the-asteroid-belt-as-claimed.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/elon-musks-tesla-overshot-ma...
        mikeash 9y ago
        Oh no, they slightly miscalculated their initial estimate of the result of their depletion burn!
        SirLJ 9y ago
        Its called rocket science for a reason...
        mikeash 9y ago
        Are you under the impression that mistakes never get made in rocket science? Because a naive reading of your comment would indicate strong agreement with me, i.e. rocket science is really hard and mistakes are made.
        SirLJ 9y ago
        Cramer: Elon Musk is like illusionist David Blaine, a master at misdirection https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/cramer-musk-like-illusionist-david-blaine-a-master-at-misdirection.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/08/cramer-musk-like-illusionist...
        mikeash 9y ago
        You’re going with Jim “No! No! No! Bear Stearns is not in trouble.“ Cramer on this?