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SpaceX successfully deploys the Star man

by vanwilder77 on 2/6/18, 8:59 PM with 25 comments

• by Upas on 2/6/18, 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 themanual on 2/6/18, 9:14 PM

  What happened to the core booster did that return?

• by MontagFTB on 2/6/18, 10:02 PM

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

• by mewm on 2/6/18, 9:39 PM

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

• by KiDD on 2/6/18, 9:12 PM

  Mars Orbit? Really?

• by dirkdk on 2/6/18, 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