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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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If we used Hubble, or the James Webb Space Telescope, how good image could we get of the Starman?
I know that this is never going to happen, because those telescopes have much more important things to look for ...
But I was just wondering if we still did it, what would the best result look like? ...
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Which Tesla Roadster was launched into space?
Which Roadster was launched into space? What year was it made? I cannot find any information about it. On Wikipedia, there is an image of it from 2010, so it is at least that old. It doesn't look like ...
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How often has the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy been in space?
I came across an answer saying that a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was sent to space in Elon Musks roadster (in 2018).
Has the book been in space before that (maybe taken to the ISS by ...
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When will the telescope that last saw Starman/Roadster be able to see it again?
According to this answer to When was the last time that Starman/Roadster was seen? it was last seen by Earthlings at least at 2018-03-19 03:22:33 UTC by a 1 meter ...
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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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What is the closest distance SpaceX's Tesla Roadster (Starman) will ever be to Mars?
Elon Musk's own personal Tesla Roadster launched on the Falcon Heavy in November 2018 and unfortunately overshot the orbit of Mars. This short animation shows the trajectory of SpaceX's Roadster. It ...
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Why does Starman/Roadster have radial acceleration?
Discussion in chat pointed out that the SpaceX Roadster or Starman has a Marsden A1 coefficient.
From solution 10 in Horizons:
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What was the ambient air density was there when/were Starman/Roadster first started playing Bowie's "Life on Mars"
When the Falcon Heavy test flight 2nd stage fairing opened at about 115 km, David Bowie started singing "Life on Mars".
Okay, the Tesla Roadster's stereo started playing "Life on Mars", or at least ...
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Is SpaceX doing any science with the Roadster and/or spacesuit?
I know that the putting the Tesla Roadster into orbit was primarily a publicity stunt.
However, the thought occurred to me that it would also be an opportunity to do some science and/or gather data ...
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What sterilizations or other preparations or approval were necessary to send the Tesla Roadster into an orbit that may impact life-capable planets?
I understand NASA and other space agencies have rules in place to protect planets or moons that might harbor life. This includes requirements to sterilize spacecraft as well as avoid impacts.
There ...
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I got two questions about the Starman Tesla roadster orbiting the solar system [duplicate]
First, is it possible that the Starman Tesla roadster re-enters the earths orbit as it's close to the earth?
Secondly, it's similar to the first one, is it possible that in 2020 when the Starman ...
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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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Frequency and modulation mode(s) for the SpaceX Tesla roadster mass in space
As an Electrical Engineer (emphasis in RF and radar, class of '74) who has followed the space program(s) since Mercury, and a prior flight test telemetry engineer, I was wondering if anyone knows what ...
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