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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The full self-driving promise was always a matter of interpretation

There's nothing to interpret. It does not fully drive itself.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 23 points 1 week ago

Musk is neither a Tesla nor an Edison; he is a Barnum.

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@OutlierBlue @TeamAssimilation but it will next year, right? Let's just ignore all those times it's veered into the wrong lane or onto train tracks or whatever, it's fine. Next year, next year, next year.

And Mars in a decade.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Starship was supposed to be doing trips to mars each year by last year. Instead it has sometimes managed to not explode on a suborbital trajectory. But of course regulations are what hold it back...

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

SpaceX turns the impossible into late

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

And he wonders why NASA turned him down for bringing those astronauts back...

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not safely anyway.

Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for us, he undoubtedly has full control over whichever department defines the word "safely".

Only usable for federal highways, shit could still be banned by the DMVs or equivalents which would basically be a death knell for it.