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Old February 6th 18, 12:36 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default Falcon Heavy Static Fire

JF Mezei wrote:

Dynamic fire (aka: launch) at 13:30 Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday.

Note: Elon Musk once again tweeted it was going to Mars.

(as opposed to explaining it would go to elliptical orbit between earth
and mars orbits).


It's a tweet. How many characters is that limited to, again?


And posted a picture of a space dummy in the driver seat of the car.


Also, does anyone know why his Boring company marketed/sold flame
throwers? When the next California wild wire causing bilions in damages
will be blamed on somepone using Musk's flamethrowers for fun, it will
be bad PR for him (and possibly lawsuits).

Or is this a subtle jab at how silly it is for a country to refuse to
regulate dangerous weapons ?


Flamethrowers are legal in 49 states. I know folks around here who
use them for weed control. You can't sue a manufacturer for selling a
legal product that functions as advertised.


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