Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that it was put into an earth crossing obit? If he had saved a little fuel and fired motors at aphelion, it would be in a higher orbit and never come near the earth.
Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that it was put into an earth crossing obit?
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Not to worry. The Tesla is tiny enough that if it got pulled into Earth’s gravity well, it would burn up in the atmosphere.
Well if it did come crashing down to Earth, wouldn’t it burn up on re-entry? The space shuttle columbia is many times bigger than the roadster and it didn’t take out any buildings.
Yes. Most of us are so enraptured with the rebirth of our space program that we don't have the resentment of Musk to look deeply into the astrophysics of how the action can be condemned.
I am nearly 71 years old and having been a child when the space race started, I look at the young folks shown on SpaceX, see their youthful enthusiasm, and am filled with pride and a sense of justification.
Pride in America and Americans and justification in that I was a small part of the Cold War, which temporarily retarded our space endeavors. The early Social Justice Warriors were funded by the Kremlin via colleges. I remember a quote of Jesse Jackson as he watched the blastoff of Apollo and he said something to the effect that "for a moment, I forgot how ashamed I am to be an American...".
Okay, it wasn't a perfect orbit to meet your exacting standards, and yeah, it won't go into Mars Orbit, and yeah, the core booster stage failed to ignite all three engines and crashed, but it got the payload rolling and two of the three boosters landed nearly simultaneously in an image out of a '50s Sci-Fi movie, and it was really shit-hot! Well Done, SpaceX!
Yes. Most of us are so enraptured with the rebirth of our space program that we don't have the resentment of Musk to look deeply into the astrophysics of how the action can be condemned.
I am nearly 71 years old and having been a child when the space race started, I look at the young folks shown on SpaceX, see their youthful enthusiasm, and am filled with pride and a sense of justification.
Pride in America and Americans and justification in that I was a small part of the Cold War, which temporarily retarded our space endeavors. The early Social Justice Warriors were funded by the Kremlin via colleges. I remember a quote of Jesse Jackson as he watched the blastoff of Apollo and he said something to the effect that "for a moment, I forgot how ashamed I am to be an American...".
Okay, it wasn't a perfect orbit to meet your exacting standards, and yeah, it won't go into Mars Orbit, and yeah, the core booster stage failed to ignite all three engines and crashed, but it got the payload rolling and two of the three boosters landed nearly simultaneously in an image out of a '50s Sci-Fi movie, and it was really shit-hot! Well Done, SpaceX!