Posted on 02/08/2022 8:56:32 AM PST by BenLurkin
The current location is 234,461,410 miles (377,329,180 km, 2.522 AU, 20.98 light minutes) from Earth, moving away from Earth at a speed of 3,608 mi/h (5,806 km/h, 1.61 km/s). [Numbers adjust in real time]
It has achieved a fuel economy of 15,691.1 miles per gallon (6,671.0 km/liter, 0.01499 liters/100 km), assuming 126,000 gallons of fuel.
If the battery was still working, Starman has listened to Space Oddity 397,542 times since he launched in one ear, and to Is there Life On Mars? 535,670 times in his other ear.
Starman has completed about 2.6269 orbits around the Sun since launch.
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Better hope he never gets back -- he has surely been driven mad.
It’s probably just dust now being taken apart by the sun.
I wouldn’t mind to see what it looks like.
He should have attached some technology to send back signals so we can see what it looks like how.
the chinese have nabbed it with their collector satellite.
they are reverse engineering it as we speak...
Gravity is a real drag. We could all get gas mileage like that without it!
I guarantee you someone is trying to contact Starman about his car’s warranty.
LOL!
Our energy problems would be solved if they could figure out a way to build cars that get 15,691.1 miles per gallon .
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