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Elon Musk Leaves Vladimir Putin Stranded on Earth
Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin's historic flight, Russia's space industry can't get its act together.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/...ay-s-space-race

Russia is still a heavyweight. It remains one of few nations to reliably launch humans into space. For much of the past decade, U.S. astronauts have relied on Russian Soyuz craft to get to the International Space Station. But that is coming to an end, and past breakthroughs are increasingly distant.
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A new generation of rockets and craft has seen endless delays. There’s been too little creativity, too much wasteful spending and some embarrassing malfunctions. The 2011 Phobos-Grunt mission meant to mark Russia’s return to interplanetary exploration never made it. That same year, NASA launched its successful Mars Curiosity Rover.
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... Cost per kilo ($) for current launch systems:

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Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies
 
Could always be a coincidence ...but I'd like to think not.

Tesla brings it's next Show Room to the 'Shire' ...
Corner of Taren Point Rd and Parraweena Rd Taren Point .
That's a point the Federal member for the area will feel right up his 'jacksie'...
www.theleader.com.au

Tesla coming to the shire

The fit-out for a showroom and service centre is expected to be completed in about two months.
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And another to a grifting car dealer from the Area, Tynan motors...
Micheal Tynan (Liberal) got him self elected to council in the 70's and had the DA zoneing changed on his property on the Princes Hwy to allow his car dealership, and has been into peoples pockets ever since, after the application was knocked back by the previous council admin... Micheal did his best work for the nation few years back when he died...
 
Dona Ferentes said:
Elon Musk Leaves Vladimir Putin Stranded on Earth
Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin's historic flight, Russia's space industry can't get its act together.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/...ay-s-space-race




... Cost per kilo ($) for current launch systems:

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Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies
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You have to give it to Musk, initially i wasn't a fan, thought he was full of pizz and wind, but I have to admit it shows what private industry can achieve with a focused charismatic leader at the helm.
I have to take my hat off to him, these days all the critics are playing catchup.
 
another aspect of Tesla and all things Musk, in an article on the future world of EVs (from Platinum International):

The secret ingredient to Tesla’s success, however, is likely its high vertical integration, which is unique in the auto world. The company designs its own battery cells, computer chips and software. It also manufactures a high proportion of its value-added parts (including battery packs, motors), assembles its own vehicles, sells directly to consumers and runs its own charging network. This vertical integration was necessitated by holes in the nascent electric vehicle ecosystem at the time, and means the business is closer to its customers, can run on lower costs (by shaving supplier margins) and innovate quickly. However, the downside of this model is that it ties up significant capital and leaves the business chronically reliant on growth, which can be dangerous in a cyclical and competitive industry.

www.sharecafe.com.au

Automakers: Driving Over a Cliff? – ShareCafe

The automotive industry is at a tipping point. The hyper-valuation of new entrants and historically low valuations of incumbents points to the market’s assessment of the winners and losers. Platinum are less sure.
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kind of catchy, eh?
 
"Around two years after having the project approved and one year after finishing construction of the tunnel, The Boring Company's transport loop beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center has now started transporting passengers. ...

"As it stands, The Boring Company's Las Vegas Convention Center Loop consists of a pair of one-way tunnels that connect passenger three stations built around 40 ft (12 m) beneath ground level. The entire end-to-end 1.7-mile (2.7-km) journey can be completed in less than two minutes, with passengers able to hop on and off electric Teslas that are steered through the narrow tubes by a human driver at top speeds of around 40 mph (64 km/h)


- sounds a bit like the Monorail
 
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