Is the Cyber Truck a Flop?

[ruffdog]

He has now put 10,000 Starlink satellites in space and successfully launched 132 rockets this year.

And now they are falling from the sky.....1-2 a day.....going up to 5 a day.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

• Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day.
• If Starlink continues scaling up operations, there could be as many as five of these satellites raining down on us daily.
• Debris from rockets and satellites contains metal particles that could deplete the ozone layer.

SpaceX’s Satellites Are Falling From the Sky Every Single Day

 

[DarkBlack]

....hundreds of them. Real sales of the CT has flat-lined.........

I can understand not wanting to buy one yourself, but why do you derive such joy from the failure of an American automaker’s product ?
Maybe you’d prefer Chinese companies to take over, because of your personal biases against…?

 

[ruffdog]

I can understand not wanting to buy one yourself, but why do you derive such joy from the failure of an American automaker’s product ?
Maybe you’d prefer Chinese companies to take over, because of your personal biases against…?

It's not really being truthful about sales numbers when the CEO is buying hundreds of them, is it? It seems to me that the numbers are a bit skewed.... Shouldn't we want more transparency on real numbers, not manipulated ones? Stockholders should..............

 

[eolesen]

And now they are falling from the sky.....1-2 a day.....going up to 5 a day.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

• Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day.
• If Starlink continues scaling up operations, there could be as many as five of these satellites raining down on us daily.
• Debris from rockets and satellites contains metal particles that could deplete the ozone layer.

SpaceX’s Satellites Are Falling From the Sky Every Single Day

Yeah, nice try at scaremongering.... Low orbit satellites are designed to burn up on re-entry when they run out of fuel and are decommissioned. Would you prefer they do what DirecTV does with theirs, and put them into a "graveyard orbit" where they run the risk of causing damage?

It's not really being truthful about sales numbers when the CEO is buying hundreds of them, is it?

Tesla doesn't break out other fleet or government sales separately already, so if SpaceX or Twitter/X obtain the vehicles at fleet pricing, it's really no different than Hertz, Avis, Budget, and Enterprise buying Model Y's or 3's as rental cars.

If anything, having these go to xAI, Twitter/X, and SpaceX shows that they eat their own dog food as far as a commitment to climate and electric fleet vehicles.

 

[ruffdog]

Yeah, nice try at scaremongering....

Nope, just reporting on how many of his low orbit satellites will de-orbit.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Nope, just reporting on how many of his low orbit satellites will de-orbit.

One apparently struck you on the gourd.

 

[ruffdog]

One apparently struck you on the gourd.

Simple minded people like you always resort to personal attacks on TBN members.....yawn.

adjective: simple-minded

1. having very little intelligence or judgment.

 

[BravoXray]

Yeah, what could possibly happen with all those satellites raining debris down on us.
Maybe this:

MSN

This could have been a lot worse if it had breached the cockpit window, a lot worse.

 

[ruffdog]

Yeah, what could possibly happen with all those satellites raining debris down on us.
Maybe this:

MSN

This could have been a lot worse if it had breached the cockpit window, a lot worse.

Ouch.....yeah, that is not good.

 

[WinterDeere]

R. G. Letourneau wrote in his autobiography that electric motors are so much more powerful than gas or diesel engines that they didn't need transmissions. He built his mining equipment with one on each tire.

Most rely on motor types that can produce maximum torque over most or all of their lower RPM range, such that no transmission is needed. We need transmissions on gasoline engines to keep them operating in a much more limited range of RPM (e.g. 2000 - 6000 RPM under load), but most EV's today are running motors that can run from full-stop up to more than 20,000 RPM, and produce maximum torque over the lower half of that range.

I don't know if Tesla has a transmission, but I find it interesting how much power electric motors have.

No transmission in any of those I know, but I'm no Tesla expert. Electric motors actually fall short of gasoline engines on maximum power (torque * RPM), but they have gobs of torque.