A car in SPAAAACE!

Pyro Pilots Lounge. For all topics *not* covered in other DBB forums.

Moderators: fliptw, roid

Post Reply
User avatar
Nightshade
DBB Master
DBB Master
Posts: 5138
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2001 2:01 am
Location: Planet Earth, USA
Contact:

A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Nightshade »

You heard that right:



Elon Musk's latest exploit. :lol:
.
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao Zedong
User avatar
Isaac
DBB Artist
DBB Artist
Posts: 7649
Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:47 am
Location: 🍕

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Isaac »

"Try to catch fire now, batteries!"
❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉
-⎽__⎽-⎻⎺⎺⎻-⎽__⎽--⎻⎺⎺⎻-★ ·:*¨༺꧁༺ :E ༻꧂༻¨*:·.★-⎽__⎽-⎻⎺⎺⎻-⎽__⎽--⎻⎺⎺⎻-
❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉
User avatar
Flatlander
DBB Fleet Admiral
DBB Fleet Admiral
Posts: 2404
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 1999 2:01 am
Location: Orlando, FL
Contact:

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Flatlander »

That was a great launch. After we watched the liftoff online, most of the people in my office went outside to watch the rest of it. Once it gets high enough, you can see most launches from here in Orlando. Then we went back inside to watch the booster landings, really cool. They said there might be sonic booms from the boosters returning, but we didn't hear any.
si vis pacem, para bellum
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

That was the coolest space launch I've ever seen, and I've watched the Saturn V take off during the Apollo missions. As for the car in space, it's apparently going to be boosted out of our orbit and will be headed towards Mars. I wonder if they're going to try for orbit once they reach Mars? Either way, it'll be interesting to see what sitting in space for years does to a car, if we ever see it again.
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Top Gun
DBB Master
DBB Master
Posts: 8019
Joined: Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:01 am

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Top Gun »

No, the upper stage's orbit is only crossing Mars's orbital path. It won't have any direct interaction with Mars, and even if it did, that booster didn't carry nearly enough fuel for an orbital insertion.

Still, though, I think this is final proof that fiction has nothing on reality. If you tried to write this ★■◆●, people would call you a hack. :mrgreen:
User avatar
TRUEpiiiicness
DBB Ace
DBB Ace
Posts: 264
Joined: Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:44 pm
Location: Where you're not looking.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by TRUEpiiiicness »

they should've put the stig in the boot (from top gear if you didnt know.)
Currently working on Descent: The Countdown Level 22 (Ogep'rgs) (Geometry)
Descent: The Countdown
Normal levels done 21/27
Secret levels done 2/3
Next level to be done: Level 23 (IO Sulphur Refinery)
The grand collection (Only after Descent: The Countdown)
??? ?/?
??? ?/?
Note
Any levels I make are free to use (even redesign) and include in any mission set. Just pm me if you going to do so.

Descent levels be like
Ah yes
Enslaved squares
User avatar
Sirius
DBB Master
DBB Master
Posts: 5616
Joined: Fri May 28, 1999 2:01 am
Location: Bellevue, WA
Contact:

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Sirius »

You mean the guy at the wheel isn't him?
User avatar
TigerRaptor
DBB Fleet Admiral
DBB Fleet Admiral
Posts: 2582
Joined: Tue Feb 01, 2000 6:00 am

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by TigerRaptor »

:lol:
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

Top Gun wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:08 pm No, the upper stage's orbit is only crossing Mars's orbital path. It won't have any direct interaction with Mars, and even if it did, that booster didn't carry nearly enough fuel for an orbital insertion.

Still, though, I think this is final proof that fiction has nothing on reality. If you tried to write this ★■◆●, people would call you a hack. :mrgreen:
So I wonder where it'll be heading once it passes by Mars? Just in a general direction to who knows where, or did he have some specific trajectory in mind, like towards Andromeda?
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Krom
DBB Database Master
DBB Database Master
Posts: 16039
Joined: Sun Nov 29, 1998 3:01 am
Location: Camping the energy center. BTW, did you know you can have up to 100 characters in this location box?
Contact:

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Krom »

Pretty sure it was just going to settle around in an elliptical orbit around the sun, because it would take a fair chunk more velocity (from gravity assists) to actually leave the system.
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

Ohhhhh. So now it's a Sol System carsteroid. :mrgreen:
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

Annnnnd, it's got an orbit that will bring it back towards Earth every 30 years or so. By 2091, it will be as close to us as the Moon is to the Earth during that pass. Unless of course, it crashes into Venus or the Sun first.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musk-te ... 27724.html
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Nightshade
DBB Master
DBB Master
Posts: 5138
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2001 2:01 am
Location: Planet Earth, USA
Contact:

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Nightshade »

Tunnelcat wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:49 pm Annnnnd, it's got an orbit that will bring it back towards Earth every 30 years or so. By 2091, it will be as close to us as the Moon is to the Earth during that pass. Unless of course, it crashes into Venus or the Sun first.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musk-te ... 27724.html
It seems there was a "hidden" or "secret" payload along with the car:

Image
SpaceX Hid a Second, Secret Payload Aboard Falcon Heavy, And It Sounds Amazing

Designed to last for millions of years.
PETER DOCKRILL
12 FEB 2018

Elon Musk's personal Tesla might have gotten all the headlines during SpaceX's historic rocket launch last week, but the Falcon Heavy also carried a second, secret payload almost nobody knew about.

Stashed inside the midnight-cherry Roadster was a mysterious, small object designed to last for millions (perhaps billions) of years – even in extreme environments like space, or on the distant surfaces of far-flung planetary bodies.

Called an Arch (pronounced 'Ark'), this tiny storage device is built for long-term data archiving, holding libraries of information encoded on a small disc of quartz crystal, not much larger than a coin.

According to Arch Mission Foundation, the California-based nonprofit behind the technology, these Archs could "preserve and disseminate humanity's knowledge across time and space, for the benefit of future generations".

The Arch looks like a shrunk-down DVD or Blu-ray, but its potential for data storage goes way beyond any optical discs you have in your home.

The technology, developed by physicist Peter Kazansky from the University of Southampton in the UK, can theoretically hold up to 360 terabytes of data, about the same amount as 7,000 Blu-Ray discs.
https://www.sciencealert.com/spacex-lau ... tesla-arch
.
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao Zedong
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

That puts that Golden Record sitting aboard Voyager to shame, at least with data capacities.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Tunnelcat
DBB Grand Master
DBB Grand Master
Posts: 13309
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:32 pm
Location: Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Tunnelcat »

Now you can track the whereabouts of the Tesla and Starman from the comfort of the internet. I like the comment that the car has exceeded it's 36,000 mile warranty over 720.4 times since it was launched.

http://www.whereisroadster.com/index.html
Cat (n.) A bipolar creature which would as soon gouge your eyes out as it would cuddle.
User avatar
Krom
DBB Database Master
DBB Database Master
Posts: 16039
Joined: Sun Nov 29, 1998 3:01 am
Location: Camping the energy center. BTW, did you know you can have up to 100 characters in this location box?
Contact:

Re: A car in SPAAAACE!

Post by Krom »

If it qualified, just imagine how many world records this car would now own.

Probably doesn't qualify because its not on the world anymore, and didn't leave under its own power either. :P
Post Reply