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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 2:06:49 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
Someone with endless cash and time sends a car to Mars. It won't land and conduct any scientific analysis of the terrain like the rover vehicles did, and it will probably never be recovered, but drift forever in a useless display of flaunt value. Is there a technical point, somewhere, somehow behind this? I feel I have missed something here?

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 2:09:06 PM on 7 February 2018.
	Ian Robertson Location: Belrose, NSW Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2476
Why did he do it? Because he can....

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 2:25:02 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
If someone throws an ice cream wrapper out a car window they could cop a littering fine. I hope the Martians have a more lenient approach to illegal dumping of rubbish.

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 6:27:44 PM on 7 February 2018.
	STC830 Location: NSW Member since 10 June 2010 Member #: 681 Postcount: 1301
Would certainly cause some head scratching if some aliens come across it (if they have heads and the means to scratch them).

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 7:47:20 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
I hope the damn car came with batteries----. I would be quite pissed off if "batteries not included" was on the label.

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 8:02:39 PM on 7 February 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
Musk out-stunting Branson.

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 8:19:50 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
I just figured it out. Musk has sucked the S.A. Govt. into supplying free Li batteries to every household. One problem; Not enough Li mineral on Earth. Let us send a surplus over-priced Li powered sh*t box vehicle to Mars without batteries. If they accept it then obviously there is abundant Li mineral there. The guy is brilliant, no wonder the ABC intellectual ding-a-lings have been pushing this story for weeks.

Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 9:55:02 PM on 7 February 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
On reflection, I guess the previous one has been up there a bit too long: https://tinyurl.com/ybc62zbr

Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 10:24:24 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
Driver seems to be having fun---but dog is not impressed? Where the heck is that from G? Is the driver Dick Van D?

Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 10:28:21 PM on 7 February 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ---?????

Return to top of page · Post #: 11 · Written at 10:31:58 PM on 7 February 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
The Absent-Minded Professor [1961] starring Fred MacMurray. Sidenote: at the time there was an American kid at my school who had genuine 'Flubber'. It was magical stuff to bounce off walls, but never made it to Oz shops as it was pulled from the market in the USA because it supposedly caused rashes and/or was dangerous if eaten, etc.

Return to top of page · Post #: 12 · Written at 10:07:21 AM on 9 February 2018.
	Wa2ise Location: Oradell, US Member since 2 April 2010 Member #: 643 Postcount: 831
The New York Times mentioned in an article about this rocket that, in a rocket test, they'd usually use a dummy load of some concrete or cheap metal to simulate a payload. They decided that a car was cooler than that...

Return to top of page · Post #: 13 · Written at 8:25:43 PM on 9 February 2018.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7395
He should have sent Jay Weatherill's battery to Mars instead. It'd be more useful there. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 14 · Written at 9:08:48 PM on 9 February 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
I reckon that Sims Metal has already put in a bid for that battery.

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