The flying Tesla Roadster is an overbaked idea from my least favorite person
There’s a phrase I often used to use when referring to Elon Musk: Don’t bet against Elon.
This stemmed from long before he became a supervillain, and was instead no more than an oddball tech-sector genius primed to become a real-life Tony Stark. It was at the tail-end of this honeymoon, in 2017, that Musk unveiled the Tesla Roadster 2020, a luxury model EV that promised insane specs and performance (0-to-60mp in 1.9 seconds) and maybe even something we’d only dreamed of: rockets that might let it fly.
Now, for chronology sticklers, Musk did not promise rockets during Tesla's November 2017 event; it was was primarily devoted to the Tesla Semi. That tease came months later on his favorite platform, Twitter, where Musk wrote:
“SpaceX option package for new Tesla Roadster will include ~10 small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car. These rocket engines dramatically improve acceleration, top speed, braking...
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