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Will Roadster ever encounter Mars?
During it first closest approach to Mars, it was a mere 5 million miles away from the red planet. According to observer.com, it's ultimate fate will be to crash into the Earth or Venus. However, since ...
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How and/or why did Elon Musk mistweet Roadster's C3 so badly?
In this answer to How close would the Tesla Roadster with Starman have to get to Earth in order to become attracted and fall on Earth? I just wrote:
When Roadster was launched from Earth Elon Musk ...
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Starman and Tesla temperatures [duplicate]
As The Tesla car and Starman continue to orbit the earth, How does the paint on the car survive the extremes of temperature? As I understand it, they are both exposed to temperatures between 120C and -...
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Why didn't they launch the Falcon Heavy to be injected into Mars orbit?
With SpaceX's mission of getting a human colony, why would they launch the roadster into the astroid belt and not actually attempt to inject it into mars orbit?
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Is Starman in the Tesla Roadster a real human?
I first need to know if starman is a real human or a robot.
If he is a real human, how does he live? How many years can he live in that car?
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Why doesn't the Tesla Roadster's windscreen crack or break in space?
The car is on the sun side of space as seen by the lens flare. This means that the car will absorb high amounts of radiation, heating the car up to well over 250 degrees Celsius . A car windscreen ...
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What accounted for the total mass of the Tesla/Starman?
According to this Wikipedia article, Falcon Heavy is claimed to be able to deliver a payload of 63,800 kilograms to LEO. According to this article, the Tesla Roadster has a curb weight of 1,305 kg. ...
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Does anyone know what this camera view is of from Starman/Roadster live footage?
In reviewing the replay video
of the live coverage of Starman/Roadster floating around the Earth I found a camera view that is different from the rest.
Does anyone ...
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How long will we be getting data (pictures?) from Starman and his Tesla?
So originally, I read this article that claimed that the battery in the Tesla launched on the Falcon Heavy would last for about 12 hours after launch. The live video stream was only broadcast for ...
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When is the tesla roadster expected to reach mars [duplicate]
I guess "Reach" is a bad term here.
When is the Tesla roadster expected to be close enough to mars that it can orbit it normally, just as satellites orbit us.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/...
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When will SpaceX Falcon Heavy Tesla cross Mars orbit?
Elon Musk clearly miscommunicated here. The Tesla is going to take awhile to cross Mars orbit. When will that be?
note: to future readers, the shape of the orbit shown in this tweet is no longer ...
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What's up with Star Man's Roadster's suspension?
On Earth, a vehicle's weight compresses the suspension, and the wheel rims are generally designed to closely fit the contour of the tires with only a small gap between. Take away that weight, the ...
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What is Elon Musk's Roadster orbital period? [duplicate]
On February 6th, 2018, SpaceX launched Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster to an elliptical heliocentric orbit as a dummy payload of the initial flight test of the new Falcon Heavy rocket.
What is the ...
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How long will it take for Starman to complete one orbit of the sun?
I have seen that the original estimate to pass by Mars was about 6 months, but the current trajectory overshot Mars by quite a bit. How long until Starman and the Roadster return to complete their ...
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How close will the Tesla Roadster with Starman actually get to Mars?
I know the long term outlook is quite difficult to say, but how close will the Tesla Roadster actually get to Mars on it's first orbit around the Sun?
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