The Tesla Roadster 2 drove up a curved ramp before using SpaceX rocket thrusters to fly, flip and land

So this article just popped up on my guardian feed…wild stuff. I’m not a fan of Musk but you gotta admit this is pretty interesting.

“I’m not sure it’s necessarily legal in all jurisdictions,” Musk said, adding that the prototype was “not necessarily a safety optimised car but it takes the fun meter to 11”.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s so comically stupid that I don’t even have anything else to add other than I hope Elon personally tests every single one of these coming off the production line.

    • BuckFutter@timeyak.comOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      We can only be so lucky. Wild stuff is it not. There is this weird dichotomy where you have to see it for what it is as publicity stunt, but then also realize there are enough stupid people in the world to look at it and go yah I wanna ride in that…just crazy.