SpaceX successfully deploys the Star man

by vanwilder77on 2/6/2018, 8:59 PMwith 25 comments

by Upason 2/6/2018, 9:15 PM

The title of this post is incorrect. We have to wait a few hours to know if the rocket man has made it to Mars orbit.

EDIT: It's not a Mars orbit, its a solar orbit that puts it close to Mars at times.

From the linked article: "If all phases of the flight are successful - and that will not be known until at least 6.5 hours after lift-off - the Tesla and its passenger will be despatched into an elliptical orbit around the Sun that reaches out as far as the Planet Mars."

by themanualon 2/6/2018, 9:14 PM

What happened to the core booster did that return?

by MontagFTBon 2/6/2018, 10:02 PM

The Starman has his own live stream: https://youtu.be/aBr2kKAHN6M

by mewmon 2/6/2018, 9:39 PM

To be accurate, I believe they call the the dummy "Star man", just if you wanna edit the title

by KiDDon 2/6/2018, 9:12 PM

Mars Orbit? Really?

by dirkdkon 2/6/2018, 9:20 PM

Center core is gone, didn't land successfully. Well it was a test and most of the flight succeeded https://twitter.com/kimballclark/status/960986447770656768