Quote from: enzo on 12/02/2017 01:32 amQuote from: Michael Baylor on 12/02/2017 01:24 amElon Musk on Twitter:QuotePayload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/936782477502246912I am genuinely interested in the payload adapter and whether it is a likely mode of failure. I literally clicked on this thread to ask a similar question. Will require some interesting integration between the adaptor and the car and keeping the thing stable going uphill.......
Quote from: Michael Baylor on 12/02/2017 01:24 amElon Musk on Twitter:QuotePayload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/936782477502246912I am genuinely interested in the payload adapter and whether it is a likely mode of failure.
Elon Musk on Twitter:QuotePayload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/936782477502246912
Payload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.
Trajectory from https://trajbrowser.arc.nasa.gov/example_queries.phpJanuary 2018 is not an ideal launch date for a Mars transfer. 2 year transfer, 4.5 km/s injection.
Musk first tweeted out the idea on Friday evening, but has since separately confirmed his plans with The Verge.
Playing "Space Oddity" in a vacuum? Huh? Matthew
The Mars orbit thing makes me sceptical. He also announced on Twitter that the Tesla Semi can transform into a robot and fight aliens. It can also make an awesome Latte.So maybe to TMI but it would also need to be reenforced to survive launch. We will see.
The roadster should fit in horizontally, unlike the school bus. Reenforcing the base plate may be easier than launching it vertical.
Quote from: envy887 on 12/02/2017 02:33 amTrajectory from https://trajbrowser.arc.nasa.gov/example_queries.phpJanuary 2018 is not an ideal launch date for a Mars transfer. 2 year transfer, 4.5 km/s injection.Perhaps "Mars orbit" simply means that the green circle will intersect the red circle. It would be disappointing, but going to Mars orbit might not actually mean going to Mars.
Gen1 roadster?
Yeah
Do the Tesla going past Mars!!