What will happen when a Tesla sports car flies into space?

Recently, the space exploration technology company Falcon heavy rocket was successfully launched, and a red Tesla sports car was sent into space, heading for Mars, and even hopefully reaching the asteroid belt. This is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement.

The final outcome of this sports car must also be of great concern to everyone. Perhaps many people think that a sports car will keep drifting in almost vacuum space, but scientists point out that it won't last long because of cosmic radiation and the existence of sky garbage.

William Carroll, a chemist at Indiana University in the United States, suggested that a large number of tiny celestial bodies floating in space, such as stones, might hit the sports car. Even if a sports car can get away with a big celestial body, all kinds of small particles and fine particles can't be avoided.

In addition, without the protection of magnetic field and atmosphere, sports cars have to face all kinds of cosmic radiation and sunshine, and this kind of sports car is composed of organic materials such as carbon fiber frame and plastic parts, which will break into pieces under cosmic radiation.

Carol estimates that this historic sports car may disintegrate in space in less than a year.