What? A car in Space! That's not possible.
Yes! Elon Musk have launched a car in space. Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, an electric car with a “Starman” driving inside it, a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit. It is the first car launched into space and first to orbit the sun. Elon Musk’s both companies Tesla and SpaceX headed by him and achieves a position in space exploration and innovation. By Tesla car in space, Musk explained that he wanted to inspire public and peoples about the “possibility of something new happening in space”.
Original Camera view
The rocket, Falcon Heavy and car was mounted on the rocket in an inclined position. The human mannequin positioned in the driver’s seat in a SpaceX pressure spacesuit. The mannequin’s right hand is on the steering wheel and left one resting on the open window. And on the left of steering wheel a screen in which “DON’T PANIC’ written.
Such an amazing mission! Ha! The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre on February 6, 2018. The launch was live streamed and showed the Roadster at various angles, and Earth in the background. The Roadster is in a heliocentric orbit that crosses the orbit of Mars and reaches the several distance from the sun. This mission demonstrated that Falcon heavy is capable of launching payloads to mars for its future mission.
The launch
mission of Tesla Roadster is interpreted as marketing for Tesla. Alice Gorman,
a lecturer in space studies in Australia, said that the Roadster’s primary goal
is that the red sports car symbolises power, wealth, and speed (as a work of
art). What’s your point of view? Is this mission is a marketing stunt or a work
of art? Comment Below.
Some Probabilities says that over 3 million years later, Roadster will collide with earth at approx. 6% of chance. But whatever, this mission is quite inspiring and great and I love the new age innovation and missions.
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