Elon Musk just put a car in the air using SpaceX thruster tech, and while the press scrambles to downplay it, the real fight is whether Washington's regulatory apparatus will ever let an American innovation like this reach a driveway near you.
At an Oct. 15 event at a SpaceX test facility in McGregor, Texas, Tesla's long-delayed Roadster drove up a curved, inverted ramp, launched briefly into the air, performed a midair flip, and landed on its wheels, according to CNN. Ten compressed-air thrusters—built on SpaceX-inspired technology—fired during the maneuver. The car also jumped over several other Tesla vehicles. Musk called it proof that
