Will Flying Cars Change The Zeitgeist Forever?
Tesla has unveiled its second-generation Roadster at a SpaceX test site near Waco, Texas, and it actually flies. Elon Musk demonstrated the car driving up a half-pipe ramp, hovering suspended using cold gas attitude thrusters, flipping over mid-air, landing, and then jumping an entire line of cars — all on a live stream that ran under 30 minutes. The Roadster also features a ground-suction system that pulls the car down to the road surface, giving it unprecedented cornering ability and allowing it to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in roughly 0.89 seconds. The same thrusters that enable flight…
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