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2025-01-25 Science & Technology

Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space

[FOX] Elon Musk’s sense of humor is out of this world.

Seven years after the SpaceX CEO launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit, astronomers from the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts confused it with an asteroid earlier this month.

A day after the astronomers with the Minor Planet Center registered 2018 CN41, it was deleted on Jan. 3 when they revealed that it was in fact Musk’s roadster.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-25 09:44|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

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Stop and imagine how many miles it has of it after 6+ years now.
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Posted by NN2N1 2025-01-25 12:58|| 2025-01-25 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess Musk won't be getting an extended warrantee call.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-01-25 16:02|| 2025-01-25 16:02|| Front Page Top

#3 At some point, there's gonna be a recall on that puppy, and it won't be pretty.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-01-25 19:37|| 2025-01-25 19:37|| Front Page Top

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