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the car is not actually in the vacuum AFAI can tell from their GIF: https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/spaceroadster.gif?w=800&h=415 https://t
by mike741 9y ago
the car is not actually in the vacuum AFAI can tell from their GIF:
https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/spaceroadster.gif?w=800&h=415 https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/spacero...
id imagine a 360-camera is projected onto the inside of the sphere/case the car is actually inside of.
- gliptic 9y agoWhat are you talking about. That gif is showing the fairing separation. There's no sphere.
- mike741 9y agoamazing, is the car strapped to the outside of the rest of the ship? how does it remain so stable after the separation? by "sphere" i just meant the case it is shown inside of at the start, since the markings on the wall resemble motion tracking panels used for 3d projection. perhaps I just underestimate the precision and smoothness of the fairing separation, or am misunderstanding how the car is rigged so as to remain so stable.
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- jotm 9y agoIt's like putting a satellite into orbit, right? Up until the rocket stops burning, it's held in place by something, then it's released, then enclosure opens with minimal/nonexistent effect on the payload, leaving it out there... In this case, the car has enough velocity to float to it's Sun orbit, I guess.
- jeroen 9y agoNo, the 3rd burn took it from earth orbit to sun orbit.
- jeroen 9y agoThis is what the payload looks like: http://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Tesla-Roadster-SpaceX-Falcon-Heavy-payload.jpg http://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Tesla-Roads...
- mike741 9y agoah ok that makes more sense, thanks for that pic. too cool!