r/stupidpeoplefacebook • u/NEKORANDOMDOTCOM • 8h ago

Source :Trust Me Bro

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u/Protoman 7h ago

Even if it were real, what's the use case here?

It can't possibly carry enough fuel for sustained flight, so why?

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u/PaladinHan 7h ago

To be clear, I’m perfectly fine with engineers in general playing around with concepts like this. It might be impractical now but be a test bed for future applications.

My issue is with Musk taking credit for it and pretending like the future is now, when the future is very clearly in the future.

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u/niemir2 7h ago

Best case I can think of is landing in a zero-atmosphere environment, which is Space-Race-era technology.

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u/Mutant_Llama1 2h ago

Cushioning fall if you drive off a cliff.