Elon Musk and SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket is a 387-foot-tall Mars launch system. This size-comparison tool shows how big a real-life BFR might be.
Category: space travel – Page 432
SpaceX’s ‘Starman’ and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars
Starman has put a lot of miles on his Tesla Roadster in the last nine months.
The red electric car and its spacesuit-clad mannequin driver, which launched on the maiden mission of SpaceX’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket in February, have made it beyond the orbit of Mars, company representatives said Friday night (Nov. 2).
“Starman’s current location. Next stop, the restaurant at the end of the universe,” SpaceX posted on Twitter Friday, along with an orbit diagram. [Epic SpaceX Road Trip Photos: Starman Rides a Tesla Roadster in Space].
Starman and Tesla Roadster Have Shot Past Mars, SpaceX Says
SpaceX’s Starman and cherry red Tesla Roadster have traveled beyond Mars. SpaceX shared a diagram of the car once driven by the aerospace manufacturer’s CEO Elon Musk indicating it has now reached beyond the Red Planet.
Sharing Starman’s current position in a diagram to Twitter, SpaceX also tweeted a nod to Douglas Adams’ seminal work The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which is beloved by Musk. (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe refers to the second book in the series.) The dash of the Roadster itself even has a nod to Hitchhiker’s Guide, as Space.com notes the words “Don’t Panic” on its control panel also appeared on a cover of the novel.
The European Service Module – the powerhouse that will supply our NASA’s Orion Spacecraft spacecraft with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air and water – will soon make its journey from Bremen, Germany to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Tune in to NASA TV to learn more about this major milestone that will help propel us to deep space missions: https://go.nasa.gov/2qqRCNI
Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan becomes advisor at “Brain Space”! Welcome!
I recently become an advisor at Brain Space, a new #blockchain company creating a better system to deal with copyrights and patents. They have an ICO coming up here very soon. Here’s an article (with a video I did) with more info: https://medium.com/…/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-becomes-ad… AND CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE: https://brain-space.io/
Zoltan Istvan, an American-Hungarian, began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world at the age of 21. His main cargo was 500 handpicked books, mostly classics. He’s explored over 100 countries — many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel — writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has also been featured by The New York Times, Outside, Wired UK, Slate, Vice, San Francisco Chronicle, BBC Radio, CNN, CBS, RT, Fox News, the Travel Channel, and in much other media.
More about Zoltan at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltan-istvan-78aa2964/
Link to ICO: https://brain-space.io/
Link to the test version of copyright protection: https://deposit.brainspace.world/register
#DidYouKnow: NASA Dawn Mission is the only spacecraft that has ever orbited two worlds beyond Earth
#DidYouKnow : NASA Dawn Mission is the only spacecraft that has ever orbited two worlds beyond Earth. Watch our experts discuss 11 years of scientific discovery, breathtaking imagery and unprecedented feats of engineering from the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2qlECc9
What is the RS −25 Engine
Engine test! 🔥 🚀 At Stennis Space Center, we’re about to fire up the RS-25 engine for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, which will power missions to the Moon and Mars. Tune in at https://go.nasa.gov/2Q9LmFc
Last night, #ParkerSolarProbe surpassed 153,454 miles per hour becoming fastest-ever human-made object relative to the Sun
This breaks the record set by the German-American Helios 2 mission in April 1976. The spacecraft will continue to break its own records, achieving a top speed of about 430,000 miles per hour in 2024. Catch up: https://go.nasa.gov/2qjOraI