“I mowed down a lady.”
I rode a Tesla for the first time a couple weeks ago, and the silence was eerie. They really do need some kind of sound effect. I wonder if its horn is a real horn, or a speaker with a synthesized horn sound? If the latter, seems like it already has the hardware to update the software to make sounds at low speeds. It could be like selecting a ringtone.
News you can maybe use.
Why are “elites” so thrilled to be lectured by a school dropout?
Boeing really needs this new plane to be successful.
CO2 doesn’t cause fires. Fires cause CO2.
[Update a while later]
Jo Nova demolishes the climate nonsense Down Under.
I said post mission that I saw no need for another uncrewed demonstration prior to a crewed flight, but this story is changing my mind on that. Just how many ways can Boeing screw up?
…America may be its strongest since the end of WW II. Makes sense to me; we defeated the Soviets, and we’re a net energy exporter.
Here’s the story from Emilee Speck.
There’s no instantaneous launch window, and while launch weather looks good, recovery weather looks maybe iffy for the beginning of the window. I think the odds of it actually launching at the beginning of the window are sufficiently low that I’m not going to drag myself out of bed at 0430 on a Saturday morning to view it.
[Saturday-morning update]
I made the right choice; scrubbed for weather.
[Sunday noon update]
Looks like it went off without a hitch. Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
[Bumped]
Let the slow pokes on first.
This doesn’t address the issue that the benefit of early boarding is room in the overhead for a carry on, now that they’re charging to check.
…you’ve never heard.