What happened to the Tesla sports car flying into space?

In fact, this is a kind of hype, just to prove that Stella relies not only on electricity, but also on solar energy.

On February 8, 20 18, the screenshot of the communication video of Space Exploration Technology Company showed that Starman was riding a Tesla sports car. On February 6th, local time, heavy falcon, a heavy launch vehicle of Space Exploration Technology Company, was successfully launched with a Tesla sports car.

According to elon musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technology and Tesla, the sports car will be sent into an elliptical orbit, with one end in Earth orbit and the other end in Mars orbit.

As you may know, the "Heavy Falcon" carrier rocket developed by Space Exploration Technology Company of the United States was successfully tested from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, sending a red Tesla sports car into orbit between the Earth and Mars.

Elon musk, the founder of Space Exploration, said, "I'm not worried about this car. It will be fine. " He predicted that sports cars would drift on the track for hundreds of millions of years. "in the end, it will be very close to mars ... a little bit may fall on mars. Hope is extremely slim. "

Let's start with the rocket, which is also a milestone in itself: the "heavy falcon" developed by commercial companies and the take-off weight and maximum load announced by Space Exploration Company all exceed China's "Long March 5" rocket.

The "Heavy Falcon" is second only to the SLS rocket being developed by NASA (20 19 launch) or the "Long March 9" planned by China in 2030.

Moreover, since the last space shuttle launch on 20 1 1, the United States has lost the ability to send heavy loads into earth orbit. It was not until the first flight of the "Heavy Falcon" rocket that the United States regained this ability.