Elon Musk first described plans for a Tesla Roadster that could lift off using cold-gas thrusters and ultra-high-pressure air in a January 2019 exchange on Twitter. On Thursday, the new Roadster performed a leap into the air, matching the technology Musk had described nearly eight years earlier. Although Musk missed his original deadline by years, the demonstration aligned with his earlier claims.
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