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Red Tesla Roadster mounted on PLA
There is a picture of a Red Tesla Roadster mounted on PLA circulating on
Twitter. I can't find it on either the SpaceX or Elon Musk Twitter accounts, so this might be a real photo that has been leaked. At first glance, it doesn't look Photoshopped. To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off". Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). It's looking like Musk is seriously launching an actual car into space. Well, that'll be a first for the record books. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
There is a picture of a Red Tesla Roadster mounted on PLA circulating on Twitter. I can't find it on either the SpaceX or Elon Musk Twitter accounts, so this might be a real photo that has been leaked. At first glance, it doesn't look Photoshopped. To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off". Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). It's looking like Musk is seriously launching an actual car into space. Well, that'll be a first for the record books. Verge just published a story today with the picture and they're reporting that the car is going to be launched. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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On 12/22/2017 4:58 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote: There is a picture of a Red Tesla Roadster mounted on PLA circulating on Twitter. I can't find it on either the SpaceX or Elon Musk Twitter accounts, so this might be a real photo that has been leaked. At first glance, it doesn't look Photoshopped. To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off". Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). It's looking like Musk is seriously launching an actual car into space. Well, that'll be a first for the record books. Verge just published a story today with the picture and they're reporting that the car is going to be launched. Okay, based on The Verge story I will have to amend my previous posting about this being a "hoax". I rescind my previous posting and make amends here... This photo seems like too much trouble to be faked: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/22/...s-falcon-heavy Story is that this will be launched into Mars orbit, if F9H doesn't go boom first. The faring detail in very interesting. Looks like the are using acoustic panels in their fairings as opposed to ULA's Atlas-5 using various "cone" like structures for acoustic damping as shown he http://spacevids.tv/wp-content/flaga...v_aehf2_e5.jpg Also note the gas canisters located at three points along the base of the fairing on the right. Part of the fairing separation mechanism? The complexity of the SpaceX fairing in comparison to the ULA one, makes it little wonder why they want to recover them. I wonder how well these components hold up to sea water? Lots of aluminum? Dave |
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On 12/24/2017 10:00 AM, David Spain wrote: Story is that this will be
launched into Mars orbit, if F9H doesn't go boom first. Amend this. I meant to say Mars co-orbit. In other words to be launched into the same orbit around the sun as Mars occupies. NOT in orbit around Mars The faring detail i[s] very interesting. Best part of the photo from Elon. Much more interesting than the Tesla. Dave |
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On 12/24/2017 10:00 AM, David Spain wrote:
The faring detail in very interesting. Looks like the are using acoustic panels in their fairings as opposed to ULA's Atlas-5 using various "cone" like structures for acoustic damping as shown he Make that hollow cylindrical structures. Dave |
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On 12/22/2017 5:55 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off". Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). Yeah I would expect that the Li ion battery pack is probably not "space-rated" and would be wisely left out... How do car tires deal with space vacuum? Is it launched with them largely under-inflated? I'd expect they'd "go flat" anyway eventually. Looks like a convertible, so no need to worry about keeping the windows rolled down. (That's a joke. Well, unless he was launching an early 60's version of a Volkswagen Beetle! Closing the doors in one of those routinely made my ears pop!). Dave |
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On Dec/24/2017 at 10:29 AM, David Spain wrote :
On 12/22/2017 5:55 AM, Jeff Findley wrote: Â* To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off".Â* Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). Yeah I would expect that the Li ion battery pack is probably not "space-rated" and would be wisely left out... How do car tires deal with space vacuum? Is it launched with them largely under-inflated? I'd expect they'd "go flat" anyway eventually. Looks like a convertible, so no need to worry about keeping the windows rolled down. (That's a joke. Well, unless he was launching an early 60's version of a Volkswagen Beetle! Closing the doors in one of those routinely made my ears pop!). Dave I hope they will have a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and a towel in that car. Alain Fournier |
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"Alain Fournier" wrote in message news
On Dec/24/2017 at 10:29 AM, David Spain wrote : On 12/22/2017 5:55 AM, Jeff Findley wrote: To get it to fit in the fairing, the nose of the car is tilted up (maybe 30 or so degrees), making it look like it's "taking off". Looks like it's mounted quite firmly to the bottom frame of the car (I believe that's where the battery pack is/was, so it ought to be the strongest area of the car). Yeah I would expect that the Li ion battery pack is probably not "space-rated" and would be wisely left out... How do car tires deal with space vacuum? Is it launched with them largely under-inflated? I'd expect they'd "go flat" anyway eventually. Looks like a convertible, so no need to worry about keeping the windows rolled down. (That's a joke. Well, unless he was launching an early 60's version of a Volkswagen Beetle! Closing the doors in one of those routinely made my ears pop!). Dave I hope they will have a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and a towel in that car. Damn it. I wish I had thought of that first. I love it! Alain Fournier -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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On Dec/24/2017 at 3:40 PM, JF Mezei wrote :
On 2017-12-24 10:29, David Spain wrote: How do car tires deal with space vacuum? Is it launched with them largely under-inflated? I'd expect they'd "go flat" anyway eventually. Add 14.7psi to the pressure the tires must sustain when environment around them is 0psi. The cold and heat may have greater effect on the rubber though. Looks like a convertible, so no need to worry about keeping the windows rolled down. I would have hoped he would have had a "closed" car with air vents plugged up to see how long any pressure can be maintained in the car. Clearly, that would be a very short time. Car windows aren't sealed air-tight. Alain Fournier |
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