17 25,000 mph Tesla Roadster ready to launch into deep space

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning to test-fly heavy lift rocket "Falcon Heavy" before the end of this month. As dummy payload for this demonstration flight, Falcon Heavy will carry Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster, which, given mission success, will become the first "flying car" in open space - the first extraterrestrial car being the lunar rover from NASA's Apollo-15, 16 and 17.

Falcon Heavy second stage will accelerate the doomed cherry-red Roadster to Earth-escape velocity and release into orbit around the sun where it will fly through vacuum for billions of years, or until we develop technology to catch up to it and retrieve it - it may be SpaceX themselves who rescue this piece of automotive history, given enough advancement in space technology in coming decades.

I really do hope they mount plenty of cameras in payload bay and on the car itself - it will make for best PR photography ever.

7y ago by FastestLaps
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Cauf40f50  4y ago

Fastest car in the universe


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FastestLaps  7y ago

One of the most significant pictures of the 21st century.

Electric cars and space exploration all-in-one.


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Bryce  7y ago

Our tax payer dollars at work.


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FastestLaps  7y ago

Launch date February 6th...


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andrewevo  7y ago

That still will not make me buy any Teslazy self-crashing tablet on wheels...

PetrolForever

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FastestLaps  7y ago

I hope the launch will actually happen this month. With SpaceX and rockets in general - you never know. They just postponed static fire test (again) and launch date is still unknown.


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sroser  7y ago

Imagine if we could do that with all electric cars.


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Fastedee  7y ago

Imagine if it could even do 12500 or even 6250 on land:D