Posted on 11/05/2018 3:35:41 PM PST by BenLurkin
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is a big "Hitchhiker's Guide" fan, as Starman's Roadster shows. The car's entertainment display was programmed to read "Don't Panic!" the phrase that adorns the cover of the eponymous electronic guidebook in Adams' beloved series.
Musk has said that he launched the Roadster and Starman because the duo is a lot more fun than the typical inert-mass dummy payload... Launching a satellite or other valuable spacecraft wasn't an option, given the risks inherent in maiden flights.
The Roadster and Starman will come within a few hundred thousand kilometers of our planet in 2091, according to an orbit-modeling study. The authors of that study determined that the car will slam into either Venus or Earth, likely within the next few tens of millions of years. They give the space car a 6 percent chance of hitting Earth in the next 1 million years, and a 2.5 percent chance of smacking Venus in that span.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
So cool!
I wish they still had the camera on.
Saint Elon shot his load.
Advanced scout for President Trump’s Space Force.
It never crosses Venus' orbit, that lowers the odds of a collision significantly, doesn't it?
The Roadster and Starman will come within a few hundred thousand kilometers of our planet in 2091, according to an orbit-modeling study. The authors of that study determined that the car will slam into either Venus or Earth, likely within the next few tens of millions of years. They give the space car a 6 percent chance of hitting Earth in the next 1 million years, and a 2.5 percent chance of smacking Venus in that span.
Thanks BenLurkin. Payback's a *****, Venus! ;^)
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Someday there will be “space archeologists” tracking down ancient relics ejected into space. Surely Elon’s Roadster will be among the first sought & recovered.
If they pass by the galaxy Detroit the car won’t make it out with its wheels, console and engine.
I appreciate the utter uselessness of the car effort. Musk is trolling the universe.
Musk got tremendous and valuable publicity for his companies by launching his car instead of a block of concrete on the demonstration mission.
Look at this article and thread for instance. People are still talking about it.
*whew* After reading the headline I thought maybe someone snuck in a thread about Planet X/Nibaru...my bad.
Someday there will be space archeologists tracking down ancient relics ejected into space. Surely Elons Roadster will be among the first sought & recovered.
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Most likely. Look at some items of the Space Race that have been recovered from the ocean after decades such as the Apollo 11 engines and Grissom’s Mercury capsule.
They give the space car a 6 percent chance of hitting Earth in the next 1 million years.
The impact wipes out man and the insects take over.
I wonder how much of the car will be left in a few years. Radiation can do wonders.
The Brit society is imploding, but some retain their unusual sense of humor: The Stig.
“More Chuck Berry!”
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