Our Ludicrous Future

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about what happened at Tesla Battery Day, SpaceX Starship SN8 and SN7.1, and California's ban on interal combustion engines.

Read more from the articles we referenced:

VW ID4 - https://electrek.co/2020/09/23/first-look-volkswagen-id-4-ev-sets-mainstream-40k-price-before-incentives/

Battery Day https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21450840/tesla-battery-day-production-elon-musk-tabless-range-cathode-cobalt-plaid

CA Gas Car Ban https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/916209659/california-governor-signs-order-banning-sales-of-new-gasoline-cars-by-2035

CA bans Gas Cars - https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1308822863940517889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1308822863940517889%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2020-09-24%2Fcalifornia-is-banning-gasoline-cars-now-the-ev-race-begins

Boeing Starliner's next test delayed to January 2021 - https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/sma-disciplines-and-programs/smsr/smsr-intergrated-master-schedule_24feb2020.pdf

Firefly static fires - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImRxSelOTmM&feature=youtu.be

https://firefly.com/launch-alpha/

SN8 gets its wings - https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1308939332602998784?s=20

https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/12/elon-musk-says-starship-sn8-prototype-will-have-a-nosecone-and-attempt-a-60000-foot-return-flight/

Super Heavy Booster rings! - https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1308540922167263240?s=20

SN 7.1 goes pop! -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFFgngw6Q4&feature=youtu.be

Ring Camera Drone - https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453709/ring-always-home-cam-indoor-drone-security-camera-price-specs-features-amazon

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the Tesla Battery Day expected announcements, signs of life in the clouds of Venus, and Astra's failed launch attempt.

Read more from the articles we referenced:

New Tesla Battery Design - https://electrek.co/2020/09/16/tesla-battery-cell-in-house-roadrunner-first-look/

Astra doesn’t make it to orbit and flight termination systems talk - https://twitter.com/astra/status/1304622467042820105?s=21

Artemis might not visit South Pole of the moon - https://twitter.com/spcplcyonline/status/1305523368276488192?s=21

There might be life ok Venus and Rocket Lab is going! - https://twitter.com/rocketlab/status/1305590296118345728?s=21

BepiColombo looks for life on Venus - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254781-bepicolombo-may-be-able-to-search-for-signs-of-life-as-it-passes-venus/

Dynetics shows off their lunar lander! - https://twitter.com/dynetics/status/1305846326698090497?s=21

JB Straubel Battery Recycling - https://electrek.co/2020/09/17/tesla-co-founder-jb-straubel-receives-backing-from-amazon-for-battery-material-recycling-venture/

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Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the Lucid Air pricing and spec announcements, SpaceX Raptor Vacuum optimized engine, and a new gravitational wave measuring device.

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Tabletop Gravitational Wave Measuring Device - https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33812780/tabletop-device-measure-gravity-waves-quantum/

Black Hole Merger - https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21417412/ligo-virgo-gravitational-waves-black-hole-merger-intermediate-mass

SpaceX sends their first Vacuum Raptor Engine - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1302069036621033472?s=20

We know why NROL-44 Aborted - https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1303415717447036929?s=20

SN7.1 and Boca Updates - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t7HfEaCpiI

Northrop Grumman cancels OmegA rocket - https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-to-terminate-omega-rocket-program/

Lucid Pricing and Trim Levels - https://twitter.com/BenSullins/status/1303830545483231232

Lucid SUV - https://electrek.co/2020/09/10/lucid-teases-electric-suv/

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the Lucid Air performance announcement, another succesful Starship hop, and new Nuclear Diamond Battery technology

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Nuclear Diamond Batteries - https://www.wired.com/story/are-radioactive-diamond-batteries-a-cure-for-nuclear-waste/

https://newatlas.com/energy/nano-diamond-self-charging-batteries-ndb/

SpaceX launches a polar orbit from Florida! - https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1300209352528113664?s=20

SN-6 hops! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQB31yXJCo8&t=2072s

Rocket Lab returns to flight and announces first launch of Photon - https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1300592315375869952?s=20

SpaceX launches their 12 Starlink mission - https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1301501933845241856?s=20

Lucid Record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LRT7bIJcis

Stock Split - https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-redesign-giga-berlin-battery-cell-production-details-elon-musk-interview-video/

Deep Fake - https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/microsoft-launches-a-deepfake-detector-tool-ahead-of-us-election/

Microsoft Deep Fake Detector - https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/microsoft-launches-a-deepfake-detector-tool-ahead-of-us-election/

Why Don't They Just by @msteudlein - https://twitter.com/msteudlein/status/1301512302307418112

Why Don't They Just by @RandomSpaceDud2 - https://twitter.com/RandomSpaceDud2/status/1300527956260007936

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the speculated Neuralink demonstration, Raptor engine vs Merlin, and a possible Model 3 Hatchback version.

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Neuralink Demonstration - https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-neuralink-v2-brain-implant-machine-reveal-date/

Boca Chica Resort - https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1296156292072054785?s=20

Elon talks about Starlink reuse / Raptor reuse - https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1295734479814684672?s=20

Water Tower VS Launch Mount debate is over - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1298025540742524928?s=20

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1298019842356703232?s=20

Earths Magnetic Field Anomoly - https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-tracking-the-mysterious-evolving-anomaly-in-earth-s-magnetic-field

Model 3 Hatchback - https://insideevs.com/news/440960/tesla-model-3-hatchback-germany-europe/

Lucid 113kWh battery - https://lucidmotors.com/stories/lucid-space-concept-delivers-class-leading-interior-space

ULA scrubs and why that effects the range - https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1298884316282392576?s=20

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Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about Lucid's bi-directional charging, Oceans on Ceres, and SpaceX Raptor Engines new record!

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Lucid bi-directional charging - https://lucidmotors.com/media-room/lucid-air-fastest-charging-ev

Another Starlink Mission, 6th flight and another fairing catch!!! - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1295847382073171970?s=20

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1295837003444039682?s=20

Raptor Shatters a pressure record! - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1295495834998513664?s=20

(old record) - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1094782854007910400?s=20

SN-6 gets ready for a hop, there's a new water tower debate, and high bay progress gets crazy! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK87zJ3c7uE

Betelgeuse Dust Storm - https://www.sciencealert.com/betelgeuse-s-weird-dimming-finally-confirmed-to-be-caused-by-dust-cloud

Undergound Ocean on Dwarf Planet Ceres - https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-bright-spots-on-dwarf-planet-ceres-point-to-secret-underground-ocean

Face Depixelizer - https://www.theverge.com/21298762/face-depixelizer-ai-machine-learning-tool-pulse-stylegan-obama-bias

Real Version of face depixelizer -  https://topazlabs.com/

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the Lucid Air's estimated range, ULA and SpaceX splitting a US Defense contract, and new brick-to-battery technology

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Ken Block to use EV - https://www.grandtournation.com/cars/ken-block-will-be-racing-in-an-all-electric-ford-fiesta-with-600hp/

New Ioniq EVs - https://electrek.co/2020/08/10/hyundai-ioniq-ev-brand/

Tenacity Plane - https://www.space.com/dream-chaser-space-plane-tenacity-tour.html

Lucid Air gets 517mi EPA estimate - https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/11/the-all-electric-lucid-air-gets-an-estimated-epa-range-of-517-miles/

Largest Nuclear Fision Project - https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/08/07/iter-the-worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-a-big-step-forward/#4646150d5e2c

Super Capacitor made from Bricks - https://futurism.com/the-byte/bricks-supercapacitor-battery?mc_eid=95229cfad5&mc_cid=9f489f0dcb

Starlink speeds - https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/i8n1s5/here_is_a_summary_of_the_recently_found_starlink/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

SN-5 / SN-6 side by side again - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1293249680445526018

SN-6 on the launch pad! - https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1293667727891206145?s=20

ULA & SpaceX win major defense contracts! - https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2305576/space-force-awards-national-security-space-launch-phase-2-launch-service-contra/

Why Don't They Just by @endigo - https://twitter.com/endigo/status/1293563989742452739

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about Demo-2 Mission Splashdown, Starship hopping, and a smaller Cybertruck for the EU market.

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Smaller Cybertruck for EU - https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-smaller-cybertruck-europe-elon-musk/

EV West Speed Record - https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/04/ev-west-aims-for-speed-record-with-tesla-powered-lakester/

Mysterious Circular Objects in the sky - https://www.livescience.com/circular-radio-objects-space.html?utm_source=notification&fbclid=IwAR2Nz4iJnp7v1QyFLIQjmmz2rMVOoPJZy89ZJboqZYx7pNSodoKS_14fY_4

Bob and Doug Come home from DM-2 - https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1289674029624745984?s=20

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1289677054359805954?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1289705635186012160?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1289995985314226176?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1289996815824117760?s=20

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1290004579862667264?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1290478601804996609?s=20

SN-5 hops! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVZ41USN_0&t=104s

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1290854457136181248?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1291134383559069696?s=20

Rocket Lab is back and better than ever! - https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1291182725437616128?s=20

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1291182725437616128?s=20

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1290679270310703104?s=20

Bigger fairing - https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Rocket-Lab-Launch-Payload-Users-Guide-6.5.pdf

Virgin Orbit wraps up their investigation - https://virginorbit.com/wrapping-up-our-first-launch-demo-and-looking-ahead-to-launch-demo-2/

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about the Mars mission Perseverance launch, Tesla's announced 20% energy density increase, and Virgin Galactic's interior reveal.

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

20% Increase in battery capacity - https://electrek.co/2020/07/30/tesla-batteries-energy-density-increase-panasonic/

Hummer details and photos - https://electrek.co/2020/07/29/gmc-hummer-electric-pickup-new-pictures-features/

Perseverance launches to Mars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcd7ePJ6nf8

https://youtu.be/UEO77UEFGT4

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1288886632502956033?s=20

SN-5 Scrubs again and again and again and again - https://youtu.be/gNlS-mgyJAE

https://youtu.be/g-rVsUWJtmU

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287926090715947009?s=20

DM-2 will return home this weekend - https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1288567576210145288?s=20

Virgin Galactic cabin reveal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC286Dnq4M4

Joe, Tim, and Ben talk about Elons promises for Neuralink, Tesla's expansion to Texas and beyond, and a slew of recent Mars launches.

Read more from the articles we referenced: 

Vulcan Heavy?!?! - https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1286124364920950785?s=20

SpaceX Re-using Dragon Capsule - https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1286312153193029633

Austin Gigafactory Photos - https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/22/21334860/tesla-cybertruck-factory-austin-texas-location-model-y

UAE launches their first Mars Probe - https://everydayastronaut.com/al-amal-emirates-mars-mission-prelaunch-preview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBMHeMwvRYA

Tianwen-1 Launch to Mars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88DiWoIy7M

https://everydayastronaut.com/prelaunch-preview-long-march-5-tianwen-1/

Tesla Q2 Results - https://ir.tesla.com/static-files/f41f4254-f1cc-4929-a0b6-6623b00475a6

SpaceX Anasis-II launch - https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285326250806964225?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285328437847052288?s=20

(Double Catch Fairing) https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1285632260721573890?s=20

Music in your brain - https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-neuralink-stream-music-brians