Author Topic: Red Tesla launch - Is it still driveable ? (Read 13026 times)

ez24 · « **on:** February 06, 2018, 06:41:51 pm »

Edit - the launch is over

Now what happens to the Tesla ?

Can the doors be sealed and the car used as a capsule?

The big question - can car electronics survive a lift off?

If you still want to follow along:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

raptor1956 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:24:30 pm »

I'd bet the electronics will do OK after all a car has to survive for years in pretty hostel environments. OTH, I would not be surprised if the battery pack was removed, not so much for weight but to reduce the chance of fire or other mishap. If they leave the battery in I'd guess it will be about mid level charge. Playing "Space Oddity" in space is not going to happen without an environment to transmit sound. If the animation is correct the Tesla is going to be set free by itself and not be attached to any adapter -- can you imagine an alien race discovering it just floating by?

Brian

tpowell1830 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:41:09 pm »

After skimming the article, it doesn't seem like there is any real science going on with the car? Going in and out of the Van Allen belt and then on to an elliptical orbit around Mars forever...

glarsson · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:44:22 pm »

It's a red Tesla because a block of concrete or a tank of water is booooring.

mrflibble · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:51:06 pm »

Quote from: tpowell1830 on February 06, 2018, 08:41:09 pm

After skimming the article, it doesn't seem like there is any real science going on with the car? Going in and out of the Van Allen belt and then on to an elliptical orbit around Mars forever...

Test flight, so just a fun payload + data payload like on Voyager. Only unlike Voyager, this one won't leave our solar system. But nice touch IMO. I mean, if you're going to expend this much fuel might as well.

Muttley Snickers · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:52:29 pm »

I hope they get a speeding ticket.

mrflibble · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2018, 08:54:19 pm »

Woohooh, 2 out of 3.

glarsson · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:00:12 pm »

Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 06:41:51 pm

Now what happens to the Tesla ?

It will keep orbiting the Earth, Mars and the Sun for a very long time.

Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 06:41:51 pm

Can the doors be sealed and the car used as a capsule?

It is too late to seal the doors. Also, what about the missing roof?

ez24 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:01:22 pm »

Amazing

I cannot figure out how to link a video of their landing - I am sure it will be on the news tonight. Is there a missing third core?
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Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

ez24 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:06:15 pm »

It would be really funny if there is a stowaway sitting in the Tesla

tpowell1830 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:09:36 pm »

Yea, woohoo.. Red Tesla in space, yeah.. I guess Elon Musk has money to burn. The Tesla wasn't free, although I don't know if it was complete or not, so, expensive car. It costs about $20,000 a pound to launch anything into space from earth, so, as I said, burning money is fun!!

If it was actually a science payload that sent data back, it would be useful. A part of me says "Wow that is cool! Launching and landing the boosters, awesome! Going to Mars orbit, super awesome! A red Tesla in orbit around Mars... weird, but cool... what a waste of opportunity."

glarsson · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:14:12 pm »

It was the first test of a new rocket. Who would place their new billion dollar satellite or a crewed capsule on top of that?
Would you still complain if it was the usual water tank or concrete block?

grumpydoc · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:17:20 pm »

Quote from: glarsson on February 06, 2018, 09:00:12 pm

Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 06:41:51 pm
Now what happens to the Tesla ?
It will keep orbiting the Earth, Mars and the Sun for a very long time.

Does anyone else find this faintly obscene - just creating a huge piece of space junk for the sake of showing off.

PChi · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:19:12 pm »

Is the rocket Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious! (The Tesla Roadster is an electrified Lotus Elise).

ajb · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:31:53 pm »

Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 09:01:22 pm

Is there a missing third core?

It's not unusual for them to lose the link (or at least the video feed) to the ASDS during landings, although usually it comes back before they end the broadcast. So either there was a RUD or the link went down a lot harder than usual for some other reason. I would assume they have a more reliable telemetry link from the stage itself, but in all of the landings I've watched they've never seemed to pass along any such info to the livecast, they always seem to wait for the video. Perhaps that's just for dramatic flair.

Anyway, two out of three isn't bad for a test launch like this, and on top of the apparently successful high thrust near-landing they performed on the last launch, everything seems to be coming up SpaceX lately!

Gyro · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:40:43 pm »

Quote from: tpowell1830 on February 06, 2018, 09:09:36 pm

Yea, woohoo.. Red Tesla in space, yeah.. I guess Elon Musk has money to burn. The Tesla wasn't free, although I don't know if it was complete or not, so, expensive car. It costs about $20,000 a pound to launch anything into space from earth, so, as I said, burning money is fun!!

According to the BBC news site it's his own 'old' Telsa roadster.

Quote from: grumpydoc on February 06, 2018, 09:17:20 pm

Quote from: glarsson on February 06, 2018, 09:00:12 pm
Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 06:41:51 pm
Now what happens to the Tesla ?
It will keep orbiting the Earth, Mars and the Sun for a very long time.
Does anyone else find this faintly obscene - just creating a huge piece of space junk for the sake of showing off.

Hmm, maybe. All new experimental launch platforms have to lift off with some sort of 'low value' test payload though (nobody is going to trust it with a real one), and it did make for some cool viewing. It is also designed as a Mars space mission launcher, so that's where the payload needs to go. Sometimes a bit of sheer exuberance is appropriate. The car is also contains on of those Ark data disks.

ajb · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:40:58 pm »

Bummer, sounds like the center core didn't make it, according to the unhosted stream audio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_tWbjFIGI&feature=youtu.be&t=2307

Gyro · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:56:26 pm »

Live Stream of car... https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6M

Stray Electron · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2018, 09:57:49 pm »

Quote from: ez24 on February 06, 2018, 09:06:15 pm

It would be really funny if there is a stowaway sitting in the Tesla

There is, inside of the car there's a tiny red model of the Tesla roadster complete with it's own driver.

babysitter · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:00:07 pm »

There would have been a block of concrete or something other useless deadweight, otherwise.

But:

CORE?

ez24 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:01:07 pm »

Quote from: Gyro on February 06, 2018, 09:40:43 pm

According to the BBC news site it's his own 'old' Telsa roadster.

I wonder if they sterilized it. Maybe someday aliens will find his DNA and make millions of Musk clones.

glarsson · « **Reply #21 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:05:11 pm »

Also a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in the instrument panel (DON'T PANIC in big friendly letters).

AF6LJ · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:16:54 pm »

This is just too much fun.

Stray Electron · « **Reply #23 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:17:19 pm »

Quote from: Gyro on February 06, 2018, 09:40:43 pm

According to the BBC news site it's his own 'old' Telsa roadster.

FWIW, The news here reported that it's a 2008 model.

mac.6 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2018, 10:17:34 pm »

and a towel

core seems lost (heard on live audio stream)


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