Extra! Voyage of the Space Roadster!

Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 12:30 a.m.

b"Phil and Stephen reflect on the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and Starman's drive to the asteroid belt. What is Elon Musk up to? Is this all just a publicity stunt? Or was that just a publicity stunt that NASA pulled back in July of 1969?\\n\\nInteresting times lie ahead for both NASA and SpaceX. Is it time NASA got out of the rocket business? Let\\u2019s discuss!\\n\\nHat-tip to Brian Wang at Next Big Future for his outstanding coverage of this story.\\n\\nThird Burn successful going Past Mars to Asteroid Belt\\n\\nSpaceX Heavy Success will now publicly test US Government Spending Corruption\\n\\n[ Blistering analysis. But it\\u2019s possible that incompetence and an archaic approach, rather than corruption per se, are behind the massive spending. Also, we\\u2019re not convinced that the US government is trying to steal SpaceX IP. ]\\n\\nFalcon Heavy proved computer software for designing Big Falcon Rocket\\n\\nSpaceX Heavy is game changer for defense and NASA\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nNOTE: Phil repeatedly uses the term \\u201cOrion\\u201d\\xa0 to refer to the NASA Space Launch System (SLS). The World Transformed regrets the error.\\n\\nWT 401-714\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"