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Elon Musk's car completes orbit of the Sun


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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.

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50 minutes ago, Taun said:

763,000,000 miles with no oil change? Wow...

It's an electric car.

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21 minutes ago, AllPossible said:

Are the wheels spinning?

Why should they?

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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".

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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? :sk

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I'll bet the driver needs a bathroom break... oh, wait.

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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?

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