It seems like only yesterday the Elon Musk’s roadster and starman was launched into space on an orbit in the Mars neighbourhood. On this day there was so much excitement not seen in a long time and of course it was again proved that the Earth is round (like d’uh!).
But since then a little website has started which is tracking the position of the roadster – www.whereisroadster.com gives out live data of the position of the roadster from Earth, speed and position.
Sure the site has only a little scientific interest and is quite geeky but what it does show is a simple look at how orbits and trajectories can work. It’s pretty neat. Have a look!
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Images credit: Space X
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Thanks for sharing my post ☺️
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lol he sends his expensive car into space, most men might have considered their partner or kids instead … 😉
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Lol… Yeah but some people might have objected.
I was going to say something far more controversial there but my filter stopped me.
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If it’s on the built in Autopilot I rather doubt you’ll be seeing it following any regular route. Possibly it’ll come to a stop to let an asteroid cross the road ahead of it every now and then though.
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Ha! That’s pretty good. Seeing as it’s careering out into the yonder I say it’s working well lol
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It’s not run out of charge yet. 😉
May I modestly offer a link to a post which, although it is deemed impolite to promote your own work on another’s blog, is at least highly relevant?
https://thebryntinproject.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/high-mileage-for-barrington/
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I will have a look, thanks for the link. ☺️
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my windows defender won’t let me access the page…..
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Dammit!
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