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re: I've got to say: The Tesla Roadster in space is really cool
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:21 am to colorchangintiger
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:21 am to colorchangintiger
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Great marketing ploy whether you like it or not.
I agree.
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Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:21 am to upgrayedd
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Why would you put one in space?
When they test rockets they usually use a payload of concrete. Musk thought, rightly so, that it would be cooler to put a car in space and livestream it. I loved the "Don't Panic" message on the console. I mean that last picture OP used is basically a kick arse ad if they wanted.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:22 am to TigerstuckinMS
Can someone help me understand the latter stages of what happened?
Core detached, the fairings come off, and the roadster is attached to something to enable the last burn, right? So what's the terminology for whatever that is and is it still attached at this point?
Core detached, the fairings come off, and the roadster is attached to something to enable the last burn, right? So what's the terminology for whatever that is and is it still attached at this point?
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:24 am to upgrayedd
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Musk is like Widespread Panic. It's not that I hate their music, I just hate their fans.
It's okay to hate Widespread Panic. The Grateful Dead might've been a better analogy.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:25 am to upgrayedd
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I think this is why people hate on the Musk fanboys. The guy needed simple weight to simulate a payload so he threw a car in there and everyone starts sucking his cock and calling him a genius. A bunch of steel plates would've served the same purpose. You nerds bring the hate on yourselves because of your starry-eyed nonsense.
+87
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:26 am to Pettifogger
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Core detached, the fairings come off, and the roadster is attached to something to enable the last burn, right? So what's the terminology for whatever that is and is it still attached at this point?
Basically, the payload area sits atop the main rocket. It detaches and has a booster that can fire to put it into orbit.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:26 am to RedRifle
Sends a really strong message to the aliens too
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:27 am to Pettifogger
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Core detached, the fairings come off, and the roadster is attached to something to enable the last burn, right? So what's the terminology for whatever that is and is it still attached at this point?
The roadster is attached to the top of the second stage of the rocket. The boosters and core come back down, the second stage continues on and puts the payload into orbit and then typically onto a transfer trajectory to get the payload where it's headed. At that point, the payload usually separates from the second stage of the rocket and then performs any additional burns under its own power while the second stage drifts off, spent.
In this case, there was no separation of the roadster from the second stage and after the transfer burn to its current orbit, they just stayed attached and will drift together.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:29 am to TigerstuckinMS
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In this case, there was no separation of the roadster from the second stage
You sure? I thought they did separate after the booster burn?
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:30 am to DavidTheGnome
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You triggered?
Nah, just like making fun of the Muskites.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:30 am to TigerstuckinMS
Thanks to you both
So at this point the roadster is attached to the second stage, which is now spent of fuel I assume and out of any communication capability, and will merely drift in whatever orbit it has made it to?
So at this point the roadster is attached to the second stage, which is now spent of fuel I assume and out of any communication capability, and will merely drift in whatever orbit it has made it to?
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:31 am to upgrayedd
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The actual rocket is the bigger story yet the typical nerds are focusing on the car.
The car is just cool and genius marketing.
Nobody is only focusing on the car.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:33 am to Pettifogger
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So at this point the roadster is attached to the second stage, which is now spent of fuel I assume and out of any communication capability, and will merely drift in whatever orbit it has made it to?
Yes (not sure if still attached but in either case they are going to the same place), and once the battery dies which it may already have that's it. The systems were tested which was the point of it all, the car doesn't have any sensors or anything like that (it's not an actual probe).
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:34 am to RedRifle
Yes it is
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:36 am to Salmon
Did you not see the OP?
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:41 am to upgrayedd
Did you not see the 20 page thread about the rockets?
and the multiple other threads?
and the multiple other threads?
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 10:42 am
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:42 am to RedRifle
It’ll never land on mars
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:42 am to Salmon
Yeah. Not relevant in this thread.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:43 am to upgrayedd
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Yeah. Not relevant in this thread.
how disingenuous
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:45 am to Salmon
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