SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he has received mixed results from tests meant to diagnose infections of the novel coronavirus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/elon-musk-spacex-positive-covid-test-confusion-crew-1-launch.html
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Tesla Tequila Sells Out Within Hours, Triggers Bidding Wars on eBay
Thursday Tesla’s web site began selling $250 bottles of Tesla-branded tequila, describing it as a “small-batch premium 100% de agave tequila anejo made from sustainably sourced highland and lowland agaves.” Electrek explores the frenzy that followed: The product sold out in hours after it appears on Tesla’s website and even before Elon Musk could tweet a link to the Tesla Tequila…
Elon Musk’s Tesla Tequila Will Run You $250 a Bottle
A Tesla-branded tequila, which is being described as a “small-batch premium 100% de agave tequila anejo made from sustainably sourced highland and lowland agaves,” is now being sold on the automaker’s website for $250. It comes in a handblown glass bottle shaped in the electric charge symbol. TechCrunch reports: The tequila first popped up in April 2018 when Musk tweeted a…
SpaceX Starship as a trash collector in Earth orbit?
SpaceX Starship’s many tasks may include launching humans into space, carrying satellites into orbit and — perhaps — removing troublesome pieces of space debris. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/spacex-starship-clean-up-space-junk…
SpaceX Will ‘Make Its Own Laws On Mars’
schwit1 writes: SpaceX will not recognize international law on Mars, according to the Terms of Service of its Starlink internet project. Elon Musk’s space company will instead reportedly adhere to a set of “self-governing principles” that will be defined at the time of Martian settlement. Musk revealed plans to create a self-sustaining city on Mars last week, though no timeframe is…
In World First, 100% of South Australia’s Power Supplied By Solar Panels
1.76 million people live in the 983,482 square kilometer (379,725 square mile) state of South Australia. This weekend Australia’s national broadcaster made a big announcement: South Australia’s renewable energy boom has achieved a global milestone. The state once known for not having enough power has become the first major jurisdiction in the world to be powered entirely by solar energy. For…
Tesla Starts Full Self-Driving Beta Rollout
Tesla has started the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta update, which Elon Musk said “will be extremely slow and cautious.” From the report: We have been expecting the update for a while now. Over the last few months, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla working on “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” He has been teasing the…
Microsoft Teams With SpaceX To Push Cloud Battle With Amazon Into Orbit
Microsoft is teaming with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others as the software giant opens a new front in its cloud-computing battle with Amazon.com targeting space customers. From a report: Microsoft would help connect and deploy new services using swarms of low-orbit spacecraft being proposed by SpaceX [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], and more traditional fleets of satellites…