Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.
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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
The Tesla Roadster, which was previously used by Elon Musk ... the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission and others — ...
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Musk's Rocket-Powered Tesla Roadster Is MIA, But A Chinese Automaker Unveils A $236k Self-Driving Car That Can Jump Over Potholes And Spikes
It's been over seven years since Elon Musk first teased the second-generation Tesla Roadster, a futuristic sports car promising jaw-dropping acceleration and a rocket-powered boost. Yet ...
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Elon Musk Launched His Tesla Roadster Into Space 7 Years Ago—It Was Just Seen Again
According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its ...
Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid
The Tesla Roadster, launched by SpaceX in 2018, was mistakenly identified as a near-Earth asteroid, raising concerns over ...
7 Years Ago Elon Musk's SpaceX Launched A Tesla Car In Space: Here's How To See Where It Is Right Now
Elon Musk and SpaceX reminisced about the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket seven years ago on Thursday.
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Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
“So from that perspective, if you don’t know up front it’s a Tesla Roadster ... vehicle before it was confirmed in 2022 to be a rocket booster from one of China’s past lunar missions.
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Musk's Rocket-Powered Tesla Roadster Is MIA, But A Chinese Automaker Unveils A $236k Self-Driving Car That Can Jump Over Potholes And Spikes
It's been over seven years since Elon Musk first teased the second-generation Tesla Roadster, a futuristic sports car promising jaw-dropping acceleration and a rocket-powered boost. Yet, here we are ...