This image if of a test fire of 3 of the 30 Raptor engines that will carry the Space X SuperHeavy into orbit. This is just the booster. That’s the part that carries the Starship part to orbit and then returns and lands on Earth to be reused. The combination of these two craft is…

Well it has been an interesting week here at the homestead. We’ve had a number of major house projects that we’ve put off. At the beginning of the year we started planning those and by March we were getting quotes. The reason this week, and really last week was the beginning, has been the most…

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Why do all my Teslas come from Florida? Contessa by 2014 Model S was bought used from a man in Fort Myers Florida. I found him online, negotiated a price, and flew to Florida. He picked me up at the airport and we went to a local Chase bank, where I paid him. Then I…

On December 4th I wrecked my beloved car. Got an estimate in Abilene and thought it would be returned to me whole. But once the Tesla-approved body shop got to looking, that estimate doubleed. My Model S was a 2014 with 145,000+ miles on it, which means the value wasn’t going to cover repairs needed….

So this happen. Here’s what happen in a much detail as I remember so I won’t have to repeat it alot. The Mrs and I had tickets to Ballet Magnificat at Beltway Park Church for Wednesday night. We decided to make an evening of it and went to Tokyo Fusion for dinner. That ended up…