IF THE TESLA ROADSTER CAN ONLY LIFT A 200-POUND DRIVER, MOST OF AMERICA STAYS ON THE GROUND.
The average American man already weighs about 200 pounds.
Every extra pound eats into a finite tank of air.
More weight, shorter hop.
The Rocket version seats only 1 person.
Tesla knows exactly why.
Picture the scene in 2028:
a $250,000 reservation, a ramp, and a car that just won’t leave the floor.
The Roadster won’t sell you a gym membership.
It might make you need one.
Veteran astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton completed the fifth and final glide test aboard Enterprise OTD in 1977. The Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) took place between February and October 1977 to test the Shuttle's flight characteristics prior to its first spaceflight in 1981.