Thread: Space X Falcon Heavy Launch soon!!

The last pic of Starman in his red Roadster

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Starman in his Tesla

Live Views of Starman - YouTube

Love the message on the dash.
Douglas Adams would have chuckled.

Falcon Heavy - Life on Mars - YouTube

What's got me stuffed is why the plastics and rubber tyres have not melted with the heat or gone brittle and cracked away with the cold.
I thought the whole thing would have turned to melted poo in short order.
May be the rotation from cold to hot is saving the cars looks???????
Elon during a question time after the launch didn't give a straight answer on if the space suit of spacex design was been tested and had any measuring gear inside it for radiation, pressure lost etc.

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

What's got me stuffed is why the plastics and rubber tyres have not melted with the heat or gone brittle and cracked away with the cold.
I thought the whole thing would have turned to melted poo in short order.
May be the rotation from cold to hot is saving the cars looks???????
Elon during a question time after the launch didn't give a straight answer on if the space suit of spacex design was been tested and had any measuring gear inside it for radiation, pressure lost etc.

I haven't watched the video (satellite internet) but I assume that the car was inside a fairing that was discarded after the probe was above the atmosphere. It would not get hot during the launch - the hot bit is the other end of the rocket. Certainly would be cold, although the lack of atmosphere means the only heat loss is radiation, and this has to be balanced against the heating from the sun - one side would get quite hot from that the other would get very cold, unless it is rotating.

As it got furhter from the sun, the heat from the sun would decrease, and it would get pretty cold. But virtually all the materials in the car would be preserved rather than damaged by the cold. Most damage would be from evaporation of volatiles, UV damage, and eventually, micrometeorites and high energy radiation.

i was reading an article. apparently UV rays will destroy most of the car within a year.

There was a Star Trek episode where they found a small truck floating in space.
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I can hardly wait for when the Martians will be exporting their latest craft beer to earth.
Gardening on Mars won't be as easy as Matt Damon made it look, but it's not impossible - RN - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

would need a long use-by date....