Originally Posted By: IndyIan
I wonder if Musk couldn't have put something of more scientific use up there? I'd assume NASA or the ESA could whip up a cheap heavy tech 3000+lb telescope to take pictures or something as it traveled around.
Anyways, its good that whole thing worked pretty well. Little steps like this are necessary to get us into a spacefaring species.
Spacefaring Corporations! We have devasted this planet's eco system in addition to all the Wars we play chess in. We kill each other every day. We should not be allowed to populate the heavens and bring our destructive attributes of aggression. There is nothing that we can make that will last a million years. That Tesla will be in space for a 100 million years. Long after were gone, one way or another. And that is man's achievement? An electric Tesla? We really should think about what we put into space. I hope there is a time capsule in there and they sanitized the Tesla for bacteria, etc etc. I do admire Nikola Tesla.
Elon Musk is narcissistic. What about a robot (Advance AI) that speaks all languages embedded with our history. Don't get me wrong, Musk has made great achievements! But this isn't for humanity. It's for his corporation and investors. If a Corporation gets to Mars or Moon, they will mine it. There is a lot of money in mining planets for meteorites and other value chemicals. Sorry, I will end the rant....But maybe the Corporations will advance us, technologically? The govt gives contracts to the lowest bidder.....
Respectfully,
Pajero!