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MGKrebs

(8,138 posts) Tue Feb 6, 2018, 10:04 PM Feb 2018

There is a car in outer space, and you can watch it live. [View all]

Reminds me of that old movie Heavy Metal.

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There is a car in outer space, and you can watch it live. [View all] MGKrebs Feb 2018 OP

Dumb question, but what happens to tires in a vaccuum? n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #1

Just a guess. They have no air but instead are filled with something solid Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #3

Good guess. It isn't like it would ride rough. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #4

They must have put tension on the springs (if it has springs) too. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #9

That would not be necessary. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #14

The pressure inside increases 14.7 PSI relative to the outside. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #12

Thanks! n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #13

I grew up watching Outer Limits and reading Sci-Fi. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #19

I also didn't think the springs thing through. No earth gravity. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #25

Well, technically, lots of Earth gravity. sl8 Feb 2018 #38

The car is not staying in LEO: It's headed to the Asteroid Belt. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #40

Of course. sl8 Feb 2018 #44

nasa men on moon and back, spacex advertisement for tesla cars nt msongs Feb 2018 #2

What do you expect from a commercial Enterprise? EX500rider Feb 2018 #33

Too bad we couldn't have put orange man in the trunk of that car. n/t kydo Feb 2018 #5

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2018 #6

And then, once in outer space... PJMcK Feb 2018 #26

If Musk has any soul at all nolabear Feb 2018 #7

LOL Lucinda Feb 2018 #15

Best car commercial ever! Merlot Feb 2018 #8

poor Stig! Demonaut Feb 2018 #10

LOL. Historic NY Feb 2018 #22

One Stig dies, another takes his place. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #28

Some say Glassunion Feb 2018 #42

DON'T PANIC blogslut Feb 2018 #11

what did I just see about an hour ago in the SW sky? Kali Feb 2018 #16

I wonder if it was the "Disco Ball" hunter Feb 2018 #35

that is kind of cool, I guess Kali Feb 2018 #39

This is the track for Humanity Star ornotna Feb 2018 #47

You're in SE Arizona? padfun Feb 2018 #52

Texas Canyon Kali Feb 2018 #53

Ahh, Been a while padfun Feb 2018 #54

You may be thinking of a different Texas Canyon Kali Feb 2018 #56

Soft Landing - Heavy Metal Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #17

Cool! Thanks! MGKrebs Feb 2018 #29

It also has an inscription on the circuit board that says made by humans Lucinda Feb 2018 #18

Totally Faked, Staged, Hoax, etc. Where are all the stars? Xolodno Feb 2018 #20

Musk forgot the fuzzy dice! edbermac Feb 2018 #21

That wouldve been fantastic lol! cwydro Feb 2018 #24

Its going to need a wash and wax. Historic NY Feb 2018 #23

There's a couple of cars on the Moon SonofDonald Feb 2018 #27

Not the same as sailing through space at 18,000 mph! MGKrebs Feb 2018 #30

18,000 mph for a deep space vehicle is really pedestrian. Blue_true Feb 2018 #32

But they did go pretty fast on the way up there SonofDonald Feb 2018 #34

After the final burn, it's going about 74,937mph Glassunion Feb 2018 #64

I won't watch it. Too over the top. Blue_true Feb 2018 #31

Landing the boosters was something new. hunter Feb 2018 #36

I accept your last point mostly. Blue_true Feb 2018 #41

There are no planets with retrograde orbits. MGKrebs Feb 2018 #48

Venus and Uranus orbit the Sun clockwise. Blue_true Feb 2018 #50

Where do you get your information? MGKrebs Feb 2018 #55

Yes. You are right. 8 planets orbit in the same direction. Blue_true Feb 2018 #65

Even the ability for us to watch it so clearly and beautifully is new. nolabear Feb 2018 #46

Just like in the movies Baclava Feb 2018 #49

Now it is heading to the Asteroid Belt suffragette Feb 2018 #37

It won't make it that far misanthrope Feb 2018 #57

"I...can't...drive.......55!!" edbermac Feb 2018 #43

So was the car ejected from Falcon Heavy? Bleacher Creature Feb 2018 #45

The main core apparently ran out of propellant shortly before MGKrebs Feb 2018 #60

whats the speedometer read? samnsara Feb 2018 #51

Around 74,937mph Glassunion Feb 2018 #61

This is a stupid pointless stunt and dangerous as well. alarimer Feb 2018 #58

Idiot. pyro_archvile Feb 2018 #59

It's in a heliocentric orbit that extends past Mars. cemaphonic Feb 2018 #62

No it is not. Glassunion Feb 2018 #63