These aren't supposed to be practical. F1 isn't about building practical machines. But the advances that come from that research end up helping everyday cars. Same goes for a lot of pro sports. None of it is "practical." Yet the research done in elite teams ends up spreading to the wider public in a less extreme form.
Elon is an asshole but bashing this for not being immediately practical is just silly.
It's not even innovative. Of course you can slap on thrusters on a car and make it fly. Nobody did it because it is not something practical. It is an expensive cool stunt, that's all.
And impractical cool stunts are kinda emblematic of what Elon "does" (he doesn't really do anything, just owns the companies)
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u/dzan796ero 19h ago
These aren't supposed to be practical. F1 isn't about building practical machines. But the advances that come from that research end up helping everyday cars. Same goes for a lot of pro sports. None of it is "practical." Yet the research done in elite teams ends up spreading to the wider public in a less extreme form.
Elon is an asshole but bashing this for not being immediately practical is just silly.