UM-Bot Posted August 19, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 19, 2019 The first and only sports car to have ever been launched into space has now traveled 763 million miles. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329825/elon-musks-car-completes-full-orbit-of-the-sun 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted August 19, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I don't care about the car, I am interested in how the SpaceX Falcon got the car into a solar orbit, and how it fared on it's return to earth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted August 19, 2019 #3 Share Posted August 19, 2019 763,000,000 miles with no oil change? Wow... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllPossible Posted August 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Technically the fastest car ever. Are the wheels spinning? Serious question. I would appreciate an answer please... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted August 19, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 19, 2019 50 minutes ago, Taun said: 763,000,000 miles with no oil change? Wow... It's an electric car. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted August 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, AllPossible said: Are the wheels spinning? Why should they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted August 19, 2019 #7 Share Posted August 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Desertrat56 said: I don't care about the car, I am interested in how the SpaceX Falcon got the car into a solar orbit, and how it fared on it's return to earth. The car was outfitted with heat resistant panels and shielding. ...not really. It's just a standard Telsa, strapped to a rocket and launched in to space. Like Elon himself said in the press video, "you can tell it's real because it looks so fake". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted August 19, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Track it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted August 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Taun said: 763,000,000 miles with no oil change? Wow... That drill guy in the YouTube video said the military hasn’t needed grease for years. So maybe it’s the same for oil? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 19, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I'll bet the driver needs a bathroom break... oh, wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Evan Posted August 20, 2019 #11 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 4:39 PM, AllPossible said: Technically the fastest car ever. Are the wheels spinning? Serious question. Effects of solar wind? In early 2018, Rafi Letzter at Live Science predicted it would be torn "to bits" by radiation in a year. https://www.livescience.com/61680-will-spacex-roadster-survive-in-space.html Do we know if it's still intact? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcom Posted August 24, 2019 #12 Share Posted August 24, 2019 They are just testing the duco, (it had a wax before launch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted August 28, 2019 #13 Share Posted August 28, 2019 It would be so cool if the inboard camera still works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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