So if the spacex falcon heavy is successful will frontier be implementing the tesla car satellite around mars in a near future update?
General / Off-Topic Tesla in orbit around mars?
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it'll appear as something like
"21st Century Electronic signal detected"
"21st Century Electronic signal detected"
I guess they could be doing something not utterly idiotic with those 2+ tonnes of payload.
They won't establish a Orbit around Mars, they will have a elliptical orbit around the sun that passes Mars...
Obviously NASA will have to pay for those, duh.
something something lousy range on those electric cars.
Yes, they will establish orbit around Mars. Scott Manley did a video on that.
Also FD should remember that Tesla car will have David Bowie's "Space odity" playing on a radio
If that comes back and hits the ISS his no claims bonus will be shot!
But nonetheless it would be cool if it was in game.
Wouldn't it's orbit eventually degrade and it crash and burn. It's a sports car and they are normally driven by possers who can't drive properly anyway so I doubt it will have been placed into a great orbit
I doubt it will burn. The battery will be flat by the time it gets there!
No petrol?
Reentry, while yes Mars has a substantially thinner atmosphere it would still generate heat as it enters Mars atmosphere unless there have been ablative modifications made to the teslar
my thoughts exactly. or it would be odd if some future expedition would just crash into a rogue car just orbiting around ... what a testament!
It's kind of cool sending the car up but I'd have tried to send something that would really benefit humanity as a whole. I mean if it can carry 2 odd tons of cargo into the cold dark depths of space, how many politicians could he have rid us of instead?
Think, Elon! Must try harder!
Think, Elon! Must try harder!
Nobody's seen Jeff Bezos for a while.
Just saying......
Just saying......
Told you a driver of a sports car can't be trusted to drive properly. It's missed the turning as it was to busy spanking it up the fast lane, tailgating, flashing its lights trying to force whoever was in front and now is heading to Jupiters moon Ceres
Think you are confusing "sports car" with "Audi"
tbh it's not just Audi drivers, Range Rover drivers can be added, more so if it's hoofing it down, visibility reduced, massive puddles you will find a Ranger Rover evoke spanking it to their early demise as you know 4wd means I'm immune to crashing and dying ��