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Five Years After SpaceX Launched A Tesla To Space, Where Is It Now? - IFLScience
Feb 07, 2023 53 secs
Five years ago yesterday, Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Tesla into space, in a stunt that even the most hardened Musk haters would grudgingly admit is pretty cool.

The Roadster has since been on one hell of a journey, driving away from Earth at the impressive speed of 26,619 kilometers per hour (16,540 miles per hour), with an arguably more impressive fuel efficiency of 8,511.4 kilometers per liter (20,020 miles per gallon).

The Roadster, assuming it isn't eroded by radiation or unlucky enough to get into the solar system's first space car crash (say with a meteorite), will continue in its orbit for a long time, crossing the orbit of Mars and Earth as it does so.

Though the car has not been tracked closely, in 2018 a paper did look at its orbit in an attempt to work out its fate.

Fortunately for Musk, this will happen on a timescale of millions of years, and is unlikely to affect Tesla stock prices.

The Starman placed in the vehicle, assuming it is still intact and somehow achieves sentience, may pray for a sooner impact.

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