Elon Musk says the flying Tesla Roadster could refill its thrusters without special propellant, but the trillionaire failed to mention that it stores nitrogen at 10,000 psi, nearly double the pressure inside the helium tanks of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, and refilling can take around six hours
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The idea of a car that can launch itself into the air sounds like something ripped straight out of a science fiction movie, but Tesla wants to make …
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