Musk’s Tesla car, along with its “driver”, the Starman, will enter an elliptical orbit around the Sun and is now on its way to Mars. For Elon Musk’s company, the launch of Falcon Heavy was a step forward towards the company’s plans to send people on Mars.
Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket in the world, at the moment, and the second in history, after Saturn V, the NASA propellant used for the Apollo missions.
The Tesla car can be destroyed by the radiation
Less important than the success of the mission is the long-term fate of the Tesla car send in space. The car could get too close to Mars and could collapse on the Red Planet, according to some scientists.
If the car successfully survives in this condition, is very probably to collide with the micrometeorites around Mars.
On Earth, the magnetic field and its atmosphere protect us from solar and cosmic radiation. In space, however, Musk’s Tesla car will be exposed to very strong radiations and could disintegrate within a year, according to William Carroll, a chemistry expert at the University of Indiana.
Eventually, only the aluminum frame and some other metal parts will remain.
Who is Elon Musk?
Elon Musk is an engineer, inventor, contractor, investor, and a Canadian-American programmer.
He co-founded Zip2 with his brother Kimbal Musk in 1995, founded X.com in 1999 which transformed into the well-known PayPal, established SpaceX in 2002, and co-founded Tesla Motors in 2003.
The engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk establishes and develops companies that deal with environmental, social, and economic issues. Although he spends between 80 and 100 hours a week working, Elon Musk has five children and is the source of inspiration for Tony Stark in the Iron Man series.
The Tesla Roadster trip can be tracked via a site
The site that tracks the Tesla car’s trip in the Cosmos has been suggestively named WhereIsRoadster.com.
Once you’ve clicked the link, a page is opening up showing the “Where is Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster with Starman?” question. To answer this question, the site is offering some methods to track down Musk’s Tesla Roadster and its driver, the Starman:
- Chart
- Close Approaches
- Views
- Goodies
- News
By clicking on each category, WhereIsRoadster.com will show you the latest positions of the Musk’s Tesla car that has been launched in space with SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
