The mission was not intended to get the Tesla to Mars. It was to get it into an orbit that showed that they could get it to Mars. Getting it to Mars itself woul

The mission was not intended to get the Tesla to Mars. It was to get it into an orbit that showed that they could get it to Mars. Getting it to Mars itself would have required more careful scheduling of the mission, and would have run the risk of needlessly polluting the planet with debris and earth bacteria. The actual results however showed they could get a mass that size into a heliocentric orbit with Mars. If Earth and Mars were in the right places then with the right payload they could have gotten to Mars itself. http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-mars http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-ma...