Car Sent To Space

In february of 2018 elon musk launched his 100 000 tesla roadster into space on the spacex falcon heavy rocket.

Car sent to space. Its stereo was programmed to play david bowie s space oddity on repeat as it travels for millions of years through space. But perhaps the most dramatic scene occurred about four minutes after liftoff. The human manufactured car with its elongated curves and aerodynamic semi organic shape contrasts completely with the inhuman vastness of space the gleaming red of the car against utter black. The car and rocket are products of tesla and spacex respectively both companies headed by elon musk.

They will reach a speed of 7 miles per second and travel approximately 250 million miles from earth eventually passing close by the red planet. Cameras mounted on the car live streamed the starman s journey for a few. The falcon heavy propelled the tesla into space with the intention of sending as far as mars s orbit but the car overshot its target heading towards the asteroid belt. The electric car a red convertible roadster is slated to be deployed six hours after liftoff.

The second stage of the rocket headed deeper into space discarded the white nose cone at its tip. It is the first production car launched into space and first to orbit the sun. The roadster is still cruising around our solar system on an elliptical path around. If all goes well it and a dummy driver named starman will be sent into orbit around the sun.

The tesla roadster that rode spacex s falcon heavy rocket into space tuesday afternoon seems poised to overshoot its mark with company ceo elon musk tweeting a diagram showing that the car s.