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  1. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    Oh hi everyone. Elon Musk just announced that Tesla Motors have released all, yes, ALL of the company patents: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
  2. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    You make good points on spending, but there is a case for spending on both (not to mention this is a private company). I implore you to invest the two minutes to watch this -- it's almost as though Musk read your post and responded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SECSxUbXTA His quest is...
  3. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    Alright, you made me go digging. Two years ago: http://www.geekosystem.com/spacex-mars-on-the-cheap/ Two years later: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2634046/Elon-Musk-says-SpaceX-making-progress-Mars-colony-2020-plans-sell-tickets-500-000.html
  4. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    Dazz and topcropper, you appear to be applying linear thinking to problems that will be solved with exponential technologies. Humans are good at that, since our brains evolved in a linear world. Re: jetpack: we also landed on the moon later that decade and had made **** all progress since...
  5. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    First flights by end of 2014. Awesome. Seeing earth from space is on my 'to do' list. When it's a fifth of the current cost, I'm there. Visiting mars is another on the list. Shouldn't be that long for the first of those goals. As SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and other have shown, things that...
  6. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    The space race was a giant pi**ing contest. Once the US "won", progress halted. Personally, I have confidence in the ability of Elon Musk. His track record is superb, his thinking is brilliant, his ambition high and he has the wealth to make it happen. I think this email I received...
  7. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    Ok, we still have some progress to make..
  8. Richard Feynman

    Today was a huge day for humanity.

    Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla) has unveiled a new reusable space rocket which will utterly revolutionise and dramatically change space travel forever, making it orders of magnitude cheaper to get humans and cargo into space: www.spacex.com/webcast And Microsoft/skype have demonstrated a highly...
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