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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Bolton View Post
    Watching that literally brought tears to my eyes. The things we are capable of (and will be capable of in the future) are utterly amazing
    Very true, but I also think of this thought from Edward O. Wilson:

    What Is Human Nature? Paleolithic Emotions, Medieval Institutions, God-Like Technology
    Let's hope our Paleolithic emotions don't cause us to misuse our God-Like technology.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curt Harms View Post
    Ah, I assumed it would be in earth orbit.
    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eduard Nemirovsky View Post
    This car will be out there for thousand years!!!
    More like Millions of years.
    As I understand it, they needed something for payload weight, and since there was nothing available for a test flight, he had his car bolted to it.
    It will be placed beyond Mars, near the asteroid belt.
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    Here's the expected eliptical path from Musk's tweet:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Becker View Post
    Here's the expected eliptical path from Musk's tweet:

    Here's the pic.
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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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer View Post
    I love how one inch equals 74,798,935 km on that graphic. There's a scale you don't often work in.
    Equally crazy how they mix Imperial and metric on the same chart.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Myk Rian View Post
    I'd wager it's going to be crushed in the asteroid belt, and get stuck there on a big rock.
    "Hello? Triple A?"

    Here is some speculation about its likely fate:

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/0...esla_roadster/
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