Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
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Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#2He said it would be the silliest thing ever. That's silly.
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#3Fully charged and ready to drive upon arrival? :)
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#4Fully charged and ready to drive upon arrival? :)
Given the lack of a powered descent mechanism I'm thinking it'll be more of a crater surrounded by bits of aluminum, plastic, and lithium.
Personally I think it would be funnier to put a Tesla into an eccentric comet-like solar orbit. That way future generations could train their telescopes upon the return of the... car.
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#5Fully charged and ready to drive upon arrival? :)
Unlikely to even arrive on mars, typically we need to make course adjustments en route and a car doesn't exactly have thrusters. Hence the comment in the tweet about being in deep space for a billion years or so.
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#6An actual Russell’s Teapot (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot) would have been a good addition to the solar system, but this is even better.
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#7Fully charged and ready to drive upon arrival? :)
Unlikely to even arrive on mars, typically we need to make course adjustments en route and a car doesn't exactly have thrusters. Hence the comment in the tweet about being in deep space for a billion years or so.
He said the destination is “mars orbit”. So if it gets there, it should be hanging out waiting for humanity to get there.
I wonder how long the battery pack on the tesla will run the radio.
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#8Tacky
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#9Fully charged and ready to drive upon arrival? :)
Given the lack of a powered descent mechanism I'm thinking it'll be more of a crater surrounded by bits of aluminum, plastic, and lithium. Personally I think it would be funnier to put a Tesla into an eccentric comet-like solar orbit. That way future generations could train their telescopes upon the return of the... car.
So much, this.
I've also been imaging a Star Trek episode where the Enterprise encounters and picks up a Tesla from deep space. :D
Re: Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unlikely to even arrive on mars, typically we need to make course adjustments en route and a car doesn't exactly have thrusters. Hence the comment in the tweet about being in deep space for a billion years or so.
He said the destination is “mars orbit”. So if it gets there, it should be hanging out waiting for humanity to get there. I wonder how long the battery pack on the tesla will run the radio.
Somewhere between a few days and a few weeks. Vampire drain on Tesla's vehicles is already pretty bad (up to several percent a day) without tossing 'em into space where the battery heater has to run all the time.