i thought “rocket man” would be more appropriate.
Absolutely the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
Wasn’t much of a Musk fan.
Until this.
That double landing was beyond cool.
And sending a real car past Mars?
Inconceivable!
And this time, it means what we think it means.
Why is “Radar Rider” by Riggs running through my head right now?!?!?
Animated STAR TREK PSA - Keep America Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-7H-n0VrYU
Aww man. The astroid belt at rush hour is always jammed up with traffic. You should take Highway 42.
Don’t Panic
Are they keeping this thing in the Earth’s shadow. Remember that temperature swings in space go from hundreds of degrees below zero to hundreds of degrees ABOVE zero. The paint, tires and even the “starman” won’t last long in direct sunlight.
Re: double landing
I’m finding it hard to believe my own eyes. Feels like my mind is being tricked.
Well so much for the flat earth cretins and the moon landing hoax huxters...too many cameras and countries watching to allow any accusations of hoaxing or “flat earth cover ups” to be made!
No, actually it was broadcasting David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Unfortunately, the transmitter and the cameras were being powered by the car’s battery pack, which only lasted 12 hours, so unless Elon decided to hide a surprise second power source somewhere that can activate later, it’s all done.
There is a “hot wheels” model with a small starman mounted to the dashboard.
I like everything about this - the development of a powerful new booster, the possibilities for the future that this opens up for US space efforts, and also the personal touches - Musk’s Tesla, the dummy with the space helmet on and David Bowie playing on loop.
More fake footage of space, yawn.
“The rocket firm has accidentally sent the car further into the solar system than was originally planned...”
Just wait until the Ringalordians from deep space Sector 87-RP-X12 get ahold of this thing and swap out the motor with a quantum zeta-micron-collision engine. There’ll be no keeping up with it in the quarter light-year. I just hope they don’t put lifts on it like they did with the Mars Observer (and you thought the Mars Observer was lost). Ruins the symmetry of the lines.
It’s cool, but I just wish it wasn’t my tax dollars paying for it.
SciFi in the 1950s had it right
Need to go back and watch some of those old movies with rockets landing on their tail.
Really cool video
Wouldn’t the tires explode? Or were they fully deflated?
