Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla Roadster to Mars

Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by api on Friday December 01, 2017 @11:41PM (#15830197)

Given the lack of a powered descent mechanism I'm thinking it'll be more of a crater surrounded by bits of aluminum, plastic, and lithium.

Personally I think it would be funnier to put a Tesla into an eccentric comet-like solar orbit. That way future generations could train their telescopes upon the return of the... car.

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by lholden on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:11AM (#15830283)

So much, this.

I've also been imaging a Star Trek episode where the Enterprise encounters and picks up a Tesla from deep space. :D

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by c22 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @01:03AM (#15830466)

Voyager found a Ford truck in space once. [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_37%27s_(episode)]

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by AdamJacobMuller on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:57AM (#15830446)

I'm picturing Worf driving a Roadster around the cargo bay while Geordi and Miles wax poetic about ancient earth historical vehicles and how they use batteries.

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by qbrass on Saturday December 02, 2017 @01:28AM (#15830551)

Imagine that the Tesla's autopilot returns home after it retrieves the Voyager probe.

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