I guess Elon read this

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 02/08/2018 at 13:02 • Filed to: None

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I don’t get why the artist had the car come out the bottom when the whole point of the shuttle was to house the payload in the GIANT doors on top??

facw > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 13:11

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I assume they wanted it to work like a bomber.

vondon302 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 13:13

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You’ve never seen heavy metal have you.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > vondon302 02/08/2018 at 13:15

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I was just talking about it with Mr. Sunchaser, I knew about it but I guess I never bothered to check it out at the time.

AuthiCooper1300 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 13:36

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A “corrected” version? (Note that these guys gave the pilot/driver the same EVA suit Bowman et al wore in 2001.)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 13:58

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Not quite sure a Corvette would survive reentry but i guess it’s cool

ttyymmnn > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 14:16

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don’t get why the artist had the car come out the bottom when the whole point of the shuttle was to house the payload in the GIANT doors on top??

Probably because it was more reminiscent of launches from a mothership, like this Douglas Skyrocket detaching from a US Navy P2B.

ttyymmnn > facw 02/08/2018 at 14:17

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I figure they wanted it to work like this:

Ash78, voting early and often > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 14:20

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Vette.

user314 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/08/2018 at 14:24

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They’re showing a ‘Vette surviving a landing from LEO, and you’re arguing over where the doors are?

;-)

Meanwhile I’m over here wondering why they’ve drawn the Enterprise, which couldn’t be launched into space without a major refit...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > AuthiCooper1300 02/08/2018 at 14:30

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This I can get onboard with.

thejustache > AuthiCooper1300 02/08/2018 at 15:39

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Front wheel drive corvette?

AuthiCooper1300 > thejustache 02/08/2018 at 16:31

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I watched the video again on the full-screen setting and yes, it seems the front wheels are spinning. It is not very clear, however, whether the rear ones are doing it too or not.

I suppose the idea is that the car is being “driven” through space; at some stage the astronaut actually steers (one can clearly see the front wheels turning) and the car does indeed change its course.

On the other hand it could just be that the animators are much more into astronautics and science-fiction than into cars and really thought the Corvette was FWD.

PS9 > thejustache 02/10/2018 at 13:23

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AWD CORVETTE!!!