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Tesla Roadster’s SpaceX thruster will be hidden behind the license plate

• ForHackernews 7y ago
  > At first, the CEO said that these thrusters, which basically amount to small rocket engines, will “dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking and cornering”, but he also said that it would “maybe even allow a Tesla to fly.” > He talked about the Tesla Roadster even being able to hover over the ground. Why are investors still taking Musk seriously at all? Do people really like this shtick?
  • ksaj 7y ago
    He did find a way to land his rockets upright just like they do in cartoons. People definitely laughed when he first announced that idea. Since then it is hard to dismiss his other fanciful concepts as crazy talk until prototypes start appearing (or not).
• sschueller 7y ago
  So in order to use them you have to flip away the plate? How is that going to be legal?