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HARDWARE & DESIGN Tesla Roadster's Flight Demo: Which Car Was Shown? Open Source Factory · Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min read Watch the English overview A 40-second English editorial overview. The actual showcase clips from Tesla follow below. Motion graphics and newly composed original music: Open Source Factory. Stills: Tesla via Electron Motion. Force diagrams are conceptual animation. The Roadster footage shows more than a jump: the car changes its orientation after leaving the ramp. Before carrying that spectacle into a buying decision, check the configuration. Tesla describes the flight-capable Rocket as an invite-only single-seater without public-road approval. In this article The two demonstrations Tire contact, thrusters and rotation Reading the 0.81-second claim Reservation choices and road approval The main event: Tesla’s official “The Kickflip” video . This is Tesla’s second live demo, not our animation. The Roadster rotates above the lineup. The Semi gives the stunt a s...

MODELS & COSTS Orbital AI: Follow the Payload Through Power and Cost Open Source Factory · Aug 05, 2026 · 5 min read AI Space NVIDIA SpaceX and NVIDIA’s Orbital AI Plan: Payloads, Power and Cost Starmind's AI1 design and the assumptions behind orbital computing costs. A planned orbital compute payload has to become more than a launch announcement. Power delivery, heat rejection, links and service life determine whether it can do economical work. The SpaceX–NVIDIA proposal is useful to examine through those requirements and the competing cost assumptions. In this article The proposed AI1 payload Demonstrations and announcements Power and thermal trade-offs Competing economic assumptions Other orbital-computing projects Linked source documents The filing, payload design and factory plans are different stages of that proposal. Their scale makes it important to distinguish requested capacity, production targets and demonstrated hardware. The proposed AI1 payload Back on J...