Questions tagged [tesla-roadster]
For questions related to Elon Musk's Midnight Cherry Tesla Roadster (and its "pilot", an empty SpaceX suit named Starman), launched as the payload on the inaugural Falcon Heavy flight on February 6, 2018. May also be used in conjunction with the [nonstandard-payload] tag.
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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 ...
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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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State of Starman?
If Starman had been human and not a dummy, what would their state be now? Preserved or decayed? Dried? Frozen?
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At what minimum distance does the Earth appear star-like to the naked eye?
At what distance does the Earth become indistinguishable from stars and other planets to the naked eye, like the Pale Blue Dot or like Venus or Mars visible from Earth? Dot-like rather than spherical.
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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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How close would the Tesla Roadster with Starman have to get to Earth in order to become attracted and fall on Earth?
In 2091 the Tesla Roadster is said to maybe get closer to Earth than the Moon is. At Starman's current speed, would its location in 2091 be sufficient for the Earth to re-attract the Starman to let it ...
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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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If Starman (Roadster) had a "Starman Cam" could it see Mars? (as more than just a dot)
Our own Ben Pearson's new article in Ars Technica Starman is out there, but we probably won’t see him again until 2047 points out:
A much closer pass will happen at Mars on April 22, 2035. The ...
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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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Why did Roadster (Starman) look fuzzy before the long burn to deep space started?
Information in this answer and in this answer shows that Derek C. Breit's hand-held video of the Falcon Heavy 2nd stage near the end of its six hour Earth orbit was recorded in the last minutes before ...
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Was Roadster (Starman) seen in Earth orbit, before the long burn to deep space?
Discussion in comments below this answer tend to conclude that 1st stages come back to Earth and so (essentially) all those tumbling rocket body objects in Heavens Above are 2nd stages, though I ...
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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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