Spacex Will Attempt To Launch A Red Tesla To The Red Planet

[Coss 822]

Love him or hate him, Elon Musk sending a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster into orbit around Mars, has got to be the coolest use of "Fuck You" money.

 

https://arstechnica....-tesla-to-mars/

[Flashermac 1285]

Now the yellow Teslas will be demanding him send one of them too.

[Coss 822]

555

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https://www.businessinsider.com.au/elon-musk-tesla-car-rocket-mars-instagram-photo-2017-12?r=US&IR=T

[Coss 822]

And in the typical self effacing manner of Kiwis, NZ is not to be outdone, and has launched a shiny thing into orbit.

 

As NZ's first self made and launched satellite.

 

Yes I know the company is from USA, but they just turned up with money at the end, the Tech and the effort and the people and the place is NZ.

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11981271

 

 

 

[Flashermac 1285]

Does it do anything, or is it just supposed to look pretty?

[Coss 822]

It reflects light like a disco ball and purportedly will be the brightest object in the night sky..

 

Light pollution .

[Coss 822]

 

If you haven't seen it.

[Coss 822]

No word on whether or not we can see this one in orbit, or when, it's up there, but, lot o clouds down here at the moment.

 

 

[Flashermac 1285]

The Humanity Star is a poetic and entirely useless satellite. For astronomers, however, it’s a pain in the ass.

 

 

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kznvzw/rocket-lab-humanity-star-astronomers-space-junk