Users joked back to his post on X. They said it’s ‘easy to forget there’s a Tesla cruising through space’. It’s ‘probably still looking for a charging station’. But luckily for Musk (and anyone else wanting to keep tabs) the ‘where is roadster?’ site keeps track of the car, as it’s now going at just over 11,000 mph.
The tech boss’ personal Tesla Roadster was sent off to space. It was part of his Space project. A mannequin named ‘Seaman’ sits in the driver’s seat. It is dressed in an astronaut suit. The suit is akin to what a real one would wear for a spacewalk. It is also like what they wear during lift off into space.
Now, it has been over seven years since the vehicle was sent out into space. Its current location, at the time of writing, is roughly 231,182,900 miles away from Earth. It is moving towards Mars at about 11,371 mph.
It’s also apparently completed about 4.6926 orbits around the Sun.
The site states that the Tesla Roadster is not actually driven. It has not exceeded its 36,0-mile warranty. It has achieved a ‘fuel economy of 0.0 miles per gallon’.
To honor his nickname’s origin, Seaman would have listened to David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ over 710,150 times in one ear. This is assuming the battery was still working. This count is since launching into space. In the other ear, he’d have listened to ‘Life on Mars?’ 956,000 times.
The stereo itself has been playing the audio book of Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 10,723 times. A physical copy is kept inside the glove box. This is in case someone appears and wants to read it.X project. The car acted as the dummy payload for a Falcon Heavy test flight. Well, also as a practical joke as he wanted the rocket to carry the ‘silliest’ thing he think.
Oh, and to keep Seaman company, he’s got a Hot Wheels miniature figurine on the dashboard. Before Musk had ever bought X, he asked people for their suggestions on the platform. He wanted to know what should be going up into space in the rocket. And that’s where his 2010 Tesla Roadster came in. Musk personally drove the thing to and from work at the headquarters in Austin, Texas. Eventually, he decided to 8 blast it into space in 2018.
A mannequin named ‘Star man’ sits in the driver’s seat. It is dressed in an astronaut suit. This suit is akin to what a real one would wear for a spacewalk or during lift off into space. Now, it has been over seven years since it was sent out into space. The vehicle’s current location (at time of writing) is roughly 231,182,900 miles away from Earth. It is moving towards Mars at about 11,371 mph. It’s also apparently completed about 4.6926 orbits around the Sun. The Tesla Roadster is not actually driving. The site says it has not exceeded its 36,000 -mile warranty. It has achieved a ‘fuel economy of 0.0 miles per gallon’. Star man pays homage to his namesake. He would have listened to David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ over 710,150 times in one ear. This would have happened if the battery was still working since launching into space. In the other ear, he’d have listened to ‘Life on Mars?’ 956,000 times. The stereo has been playing the audio book of Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It has played a total of 10,723 times. A physical copy is kept inside the glove box. This is in case someone happens to and fancy a read.