A secondary part of the test mission...the primary being lifting off without blowing up...was to insert the test payload into a track that would be typical for sending humans to Mars. They nailed the primary and largely did fine with the second, although my understanding is that for whatever reason, the track isn't quite what was intended and the encounter with Mars will not be as close as they wanted it to be. This time.
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Frank Sinatra and Fly Me to the Moon comes to mind.
What next, Let's Go on a Cruise Around Mars to Celebrate This Love of Ours?
jtk
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Here's the expected eliptical path from Musk's tweet:
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I love how one inch equals 74,798,935 km on that graphic. There's a scale you don't often work in.
I'd wager it's going to be crushed in the asteroid belt, and get stuck there on a big rock.
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Here is some speculation about its likely fate:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/0...esla_roadster/
Last edited by Curt Harms; 02-17-2018 at 7:25 AM.