NASA’s Data Shows That Elon Musk’s Own Tesla Roadster He Launched Into Space Four Years Ago Is Set To Brush By Mars | iHearts143Quotes

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world. Four years ago, the SpaceX Falcon went into space carrying Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadstar. Elon’s shiny red sports car, which is occupied by a spacesuit-clad mannequin nicknamed “Starman,” is still out there cruising the galaxy around the sun.

The car is not on any scientific voyage but just a test launch for SpaceX. However, the company decided they needed a dummy payload, and Musk previously said he wanted it to be the “silliest thing we can imagine.” So he decided to go with his own Luxurious Tesla roadster.

As of Monday, the roadster was about 234 million miles from Earth and about 200 million miles from Mars, passing through a no man’s land of outer space, according to the tracking website whereisroadster.com, which uses NASA’s data to keep tabs on the car.

Over the past four years, the roadster has traveled nearly 2 billion miles and completed about 2.6 loops around the sun, mostly through a barre, empty vacuum, according to the website.

According to NASA’s data, the roadster isn’t likely to pass near another planet until 2035, when it’ll brush by Mars again. It’ll then make two passes within a few million miles of Earth in 2047 and 2050. The ultimate fate of the roadster likely won’t be known for many millions of years.

So what do you think about Elon’s luxurious Tesla Roadster cruising through space?