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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by bob_theslob646 on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:59AM (#15986849)
You are missing the point. The point he is making is that he is actually taken some risk or putting something that is dear to him, in jeopardy.
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by willvarfar on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:05AM (#15986876)
If the mission is successful, do they recover the car? Or will it be released into orbit? And if that, will it eventually burn up?
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by manicdee on Friday December 22, 2017 @10:53PM (#15992815)
Incentive for BFS to do something spectacular on its maiden voyage.
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by phpnode on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:08AM (#15986885)
It will orbit the sun for hundreds of millions of years
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by K0balt on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:13AM (#15986901)
... Until it is recovered by space pirates and sold as a historic artifact....
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by blocked_again on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:23AM (#15986944)
Imagine a human like alien civilisation discovering the car. They would be like we found the chariot of God.
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Re:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy Payloa... by bob_theslob646 on Friday December 22, 2017 @07:08AM (#15986890)
Great question.
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