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    An asteroid got deleted because it was actually Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

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    2. DNathanHilliard on

      It would really be interesting to get a look at that thing and see how it has weathered in the harsh conditions of space.

    4. eliwright235 on

      I wonder if it still works. Imagine driving a car that’s been in orbit for a couple years.

    5. cyclejones on

      All rockets get tested with dummy payload. It was going to be a chunk of concrete so why not make it interesting? It’s gonna be a piece of space junk no matter what. No harm in making it fun.

    7. frameddummy on

      Obligatory jokes: the roadster keeps taking the Third Reich. Satnav will only go to Poland. Etc. please enjoy your day.

    8. IntolerantModerate on

      2018 CN1 was actually a 2009 Tesla Roadster… With names like CN1 I feel like I should launch my old Mazda I to space and see if they call 2016 CX4 anytime soon.

    9. Hazjut on

      Man, Musk had Brilliant PR. This crossover between Tesla and SpaceX is when most Americans learned about SpaceX for the first time.

      Musk should have just coasted after this. Instead he now lies about cheating in a videogame, which is somehow one of the least interesting dumb things he has done recently.

    10. Kalabula on

      I wonder how bonkers it’ll seem, in the future, that billionaires could just launch junk into space to float around forever.

    11. WarGamerJustice on

      How though? All trackers show the roadster at the other end of the orbit away from earth, Unless the trackers are wrong?

    12. Thump604 on

      Hey space is huge, so trash is no big deal. Same mentality about the Earth which Musk does not care about.

    15. ergzay on

      This kind of thing happens pretty regularly. Old space lost space objects get re-detected through telescopes when they fly by earth. Several Apollo-era mission upper stages have been detected from time to time when they fly near by Earth.

    18. InvestmentAsleep8365 on

      Why can’t this be an asteroid? It’s floating around in space, it’s mostly made of minerals, and it’s not a space-faring vessel. Why does the fact that it’s a car matter?