Musk’s Tesla is currently floating through the galaxy
Exactly five years ago,Elon Musk’s Tesla roadster was launched into space to travel on an endless joy ride through the cosmic wilderness.
And how’s this for a journey.
On its anniversary, estimates suggest the vehicle has completed three and one quarter loops around the sun and is sitting 326 kilometres from Earth.
It’s also logged up more than 4 billion kilometres, mostly travelling through a barren vacuum.
In space terms, it did get close to Mars at one point – passing within 8 million ks of the planet – or about 20 times the distance between the Earth and the moon.
Although, it’s difficult to say where the vehicle is exactly with or whether it’s still even in one piece.
It is possible the roadster may have been hit by a meteoroid or eroded by radiation. #trending #fetured
