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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: Were Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke a curse?
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:06:34 +1100
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Blueshirt wrote on 30/10/24 11:33 pm:
> Daniel70 wrote:
> 
>> Your Name wrote on 30/10/24 8:53 am:
>>> On 2024-10-29 10:41:46 +0000, Daniel70 said:
>>>>
>>>> Isn't his sports convertible already waiting there for
>>>> him??
>>>
>>> Nope. According to a tracking website:
>>>
>>>     The car is 279,259,114 miles (449,424,119 km, 3.004 AU,
>>>     24.99 light minutes) from Mars, moving away from the
>>>     planet at a speed of 13,008 mi/h (20,934 km/h, 5.81 km/s).
>>>     <https://www.whereisroadster.com>
>>>
>> Some people have waaaayy too much time on their hands ....
>> but, at least the Stereo has been playing good 'tunes' .... if
>> it's still working!!
> 
> Forget the music, think of the shock some aliens are going to
> get when they are exploring our solar system one day and they
> look out of their window and see a Tesla car - with a mannequin
> in the drivers seat - in orbit?
> 
> They'll think Earth people are really technologically advanced
> to achieve such a feat, and be very impressed...

Yes, very impressed by the driver .... who could 'survive' in deep space 
without any spacecraft casing to protect them!!

Sort of 'Open Air' touring .... without the Air!!

> or they'll
> think humanity is full of imbeciles for doing something so
> stupid and go back home laughing at this planet of idiots...
> telling their brethren there is no intelligent life in this
> part of the Universe.
> 
-- 
Daniel