The car is about 113 million kilometers from Mars and is moving to Mars at a speed of 42854 kilometers per hour.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “Netease Smart” (ID: smartman163 ).
According to foreign media reports, US space company SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket last year, and sent its CEO Elon Musk’s sports car Roadster into space. The latest tracking report shows that the sports car has completed the first lap around the day and is approaching Mars.
In February 2018, when SpaceX launched its first Falcon heavy rocket, it needed a “virtual payload” to launch into space to prove its capabilities. For this reason, Mask decided to give his own sports car.
Because the risk of launch failure of the new rocket is higher, SpaceX does not want to experiment with something too high (such as satellite). But at the same time, Musk did not want to choose a payload to launch into space. He believes that launching a Tesla sports car will be more interesting and inspiring.
SpaceX installed the electric sports car in the fairing on the top of the second level of the Falcon heavy rocket, and even tied a dummy wearing a spacesuit to the driver’s seat, calling it “Starman” (Starman).
On February 6, 2018, the Falcon heavy rocket was successfully launched, sending the Tesla sports car into space. Since then, “Star Man” has been moving in space in a sports car, moving away from the Earth.
According to the website whereisroadster, which is always tracking the aerial track of this sports car, Musk’s sports car has completed the first lap of the day and is currently approaching Mars. The website said: “This car is about 113 million kilometers away from Mars and is moving to Mars at a speed of 42854 kilometers per hour.”
(Original title: Tesla Roadster with ‘Starman’ completes first orbit around the sun)
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