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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by sorahn on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:06AM (#15830270)
He said the destination is “mars orbit”. So if it gets there, it should be hanging out waiting for humanity to get there.

I wonder how long the battery pack on the tesla will run the radio.

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by Cshelton on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:16AM (#15830302)
But! The underbelly of the car would be a solar panel =p Crank the radio up to 11! (Which is funny because Tesla’s volume actually goes to 11)

So actually, they'd for sure have to disable the heater on the battery, and I dunno, can the battery operate enough power to power the stereo when it's negative crazy low temp in space?

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Re:Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy's first payload will be my Tesla ... by dangrossman on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:12AM (#15830286)
Somewhere between a few days and a few weeks. Vampire drain on Tesla's vehicles is already pretty bad (up to several percent a day) without tossing 'em into space where the battery heater has to run all the time.
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