Scotius Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Tesla car in space. It's insane. It's also ridiculously glorious Go for it, Elon! Stomp all your stuffy competition into the ground! Also, how many Guiness records will it break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 2 hours ago, .50calBMG said: So thats why Red Dragon was cancelled, they are replacing the dragon with a tesla. I guess that makes sense. Guess Elon is serious about driving down the costs of travel to Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 What the? What is even happening? I thought the car idea was pretty good, personally. Both funny and a solid demonstration of FH's capabilities (car are heavy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Drunk tweeting, presumably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Whyyyyyyyyy!? I told my friends about it already! Now I'm going to look like an idiot, great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Damn, I was really hoping this was real. And now I feel like an idiot for rushing to post it here. Elon, you glorious troll... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 He's still tweeting about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Okay, now I'm very, very confused. Probably best to just come back tomorrow and see if it's gotten any clearer by then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Dick move, Elon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 The only thing we have saying it's NOT real is the verge reporter chick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Confused, but fingers are still crossed. Will be really disappointed in Elon if this is not happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisjosh2711 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, sevenperforce said: Correct. Pressure differential is gauge; if the tire can handle 45 psi at sea level, it can handle 30 psi in space. SES-8 packs an 8 kWh battery but it also has a solar array that produces 5 kW whenever it is in sunlight, so the 56 kWh of the Roadster battery could only power the SES-8 for about 11 hours before dying. Of course, the SES-8 comsat probably has much higher power requirements than whatever our spacebound Roadster needs to do. Actually the first-Gen roadster will fit horizontally on the payload adapter inside the fairing. How do you know that? It will fit both horizontally and verticaly right? so its a matter of choice. Edited December 2, 2017 by harrisjosh2711 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 49 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said: What the? What is even happening? I thought the car idea was pretty good, personally. Both funny and a solid demonstration of FH's capabilities (car are heavy). 1,2 tons. Not exactly that impressive for something called Falcon Heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Whats going on? They are sending Tesla's to Mars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Just now, Canopus said: 1,2 tons. Not exactly that impressive for something called Falcon Heavy. Fair enough. For some reason I thought the Roadster was heavier than that (don't ask me why). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Canopus said: 1,2 tons. Not exactly that impressive for something called Falcon Heavy. They can send that thing to Pluto right? EDIT: they can get 2 to pluto in fact. Edited December 2, 2017 by NSEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Canopus said: 1,2 tons. Not exactly that impressive for something called Falcon Heavy. Logic dictates there’s going to be more than just the car going, tho...But catching up on this thread this morning is like Spoiler first its like and then and then troll level: HEAVY but now it’s like Edited December 2, 2017 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 19 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Logic dictates there’s going to be more than just the car going, tho...But catching up on this thread this morning is like Reveal hidden contents first its like and then and then troll level: HEAVY but now it’s like I can completely relate to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 The Verge article has been updated. Quote Musk first tweeted out the idea on Friday evening, but in an email response to our inquiry confirming the plan, Musk wrote "it's so real." After this story was published, Musk told us he "totally made it up." To further complicate the story, Musk reportedly told Ars Technica’s Eric Berger that his Tesla-to-Mars plan was “100% real.” We’ve reached out to SpaceX for clarification and will update this post if we hear back. WHAT IS THE TRUTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 The verge is hardly a reliable news source, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 3 hours ago, tater said: He's still tweeting about it... I totally get this man. The idea of some smart, logical aliens encountering a car drifting in space in the distant future and going "What... the... actual... flark?!? Who would do such thing? And WHY? WHYYYYY???" is making me laugh out loud. And if it happens to be our descendants... it's even better. I so can imagine how emebarassed they would be at their grand- grand- grandparents shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Mitchz95 said: WHAT IS THE TRUTH The truth is that Elon had too much rum and eggnog yesterday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Confirmed by Phil Plait! Quote So I decided to contact Musk. He got back to me, and gave me the info†. There have been a lot of rumors and misinformation about what’s going on here, so let me lay this out for y’all: 1) Yes, he’s serious. He’s putting a Tesla Roadster in the top of the Falcon Heavy and launching it into space. 2) No, it’s not going to Mars. It’s going near Mars. He said it’ll be placed in “a precessing Earth-Mars elliptical orbit around the sun.” What he means by this is what’s sometimes called a Hohmann transfer orbit, an orbit around the Sun that takes it as close to the Sun as Earth and as far out as Mars. This is a low-energy orbit; that is, it takes the least amount of energy to put something in this orbit from Earth. That makes sense for a first flight. http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Why do people assume "he made it up" is equivalent to "he lied"? He "made up" the idea of having a rocket company and went ahead and did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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