City-Ruining Self-Driving Cars And The Billionaires Who Love Them In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” - Ryan Erik King Read More

Elon Musk may be the richest person in the world, CEO of the most overvalued car company in the world and was rumored to functionally be Trump’s co-President. Yet, despite all of his financial success, he’s never been able to escape one simple truth: He is a deeply unlikable person. He can blame it on his reportedly self-diagnosed autism, but no one wants to be his friend including the Trump team, apparently, with some members telling the Daily Beast he’s the “guest who wouldn’t leave.” - Collin Woodard Read More

It’s a ubiquitous airline nightmare to arrive at your destination without any of your packed clothes because the carrier lost your luggage. Apple is preparing an update for AirTags to allow users to share the device’s location starting next month and the tech giant collaborated with multiple airlines to create a system where disgruntled passengers can share their lost bags’ locations. - Ryan Erik King Read More

During a meeting with the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, an internal NASA working crew dedicated to supporting missions to Mars included a pitch from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deploy Starlink satellites around the red planet to create “Marslink.” Having a thick layer of satellites around Mars would certainly make transmission easier, as it would make the comms target larger than the planet itself and would likely speed up intra-Mars comms when that becomes necessary. But it probably won’t demonstrably speed up communication between Earth and Mars, at least not to the extent Elon is pitching, because Mars is really fucking far away. - Bradley Brownell Read More

If you’re delusional enough to believe Tesla CEO and Unelected Co-President Elon Musk, cheap robotaxis are just around the corner, ready to revolutionize transportation as we know it. They aren’t, but even if they were, the idea that they would actually make society better is just as ridiculous as Musk’s claim that he can build a true self-driving car for $30,000. At least if you care about other people and want them to live better lives, as our friends at Not Just Bikes points out in a recent video. - Collin Woodard Read More

The International Space Station is set to die soon, with SpaceX contracted to deal the killing blow sometime in 2030. Now, after a test last Friday from one of the company’s Dragon rockets docked to the station, SpaceX is one step closer to killing the ISS for good. - Amber DaSilva Read More

When people think of spaceflight’s Apollo era, it’s either a bygone period of relentless exploration or it was completely faked. However, relics from that golden era still haunt the frigid black sea above us. A dead British satellite launched in 1969 is now posing a threat to modern spaceflight. Skynet-1A drifted over 22,300 miles from a graveyard position into an area with active satellite traffic. Gravity didn’t pull the satellite, a ground controller moved it. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Typically, you’d think blue states would be the ones to invest in infrastructure improvements that are better for the environment than red states. Air quality affects us all, but one party has decided everything that leads to cleaner air is communism, and it isn’t the Democrats. And yet, when you look at how different states have spent the money they received from Biden’s Infrastructure Act, Bloomberg found rural, conservative states are spending it on greener projects than high-population blue states. - Collin Woodard Read More

Unless he dies before he takes office, which, considering his age and mental state, isn’t implausible, Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. Only time will tell just how many millions of lives will be ruined by his disastrous policies of hate and corporate deregulation, but if you need a clue where things are headed, look no further than the fact that the New York Times reports Trump has already lost Exxon Mobile’s CEO Darren Woods with his climate plan. - Collin Woodard Read More

Honda’s PC800 Pacific Coast is one of those bikes that simply isn’t made anymore. This bike was created specifically for the American market in a distinctly Japanese way, with a focus on making the riding experience as car-like as possible. The PC has an integrated trunk, full bodywork coverage of all mechanical parts, and gorgeous attention to detail in the paintwork. These machines were built to be comfortable and capable of all-day ass hauling without hurting your ass along the way. - Bradley Brownell Read More