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Really, the only thing that was accomplished with that was to do something different from the norm. It’s true nobody had launched a car into space in such a manner before, but that was because there’d never been a need to, not because the technology wasn’t there to do so. We’ve been launching things of similar mass and/or size successfully for decades already, adapting that for an automobile wasn’t any huge accomplishment.
So in the end, it was just done for the heck of it because it could. Though I have to admit, it did make for a good publicity stunt, as evidenced by the fact that we’re still talking about it even now. ;)
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 9 hours ago
Actually a rich sociopath had a corporation send a car into orbit. Just so he could say, “Look at Me!”
diverbelle about 8 hours ago
Too bad he’s not in THAT driver’s seat.
scyphi26 about 4 hours ago
Really, the only thing that was accomplished with that was to do something different from the norm. It’s true nobody had launched a car into space in such a manner before, but that was because there’d never been a need to, not because the technology wasn’t there to do so. We’ve been launching things of similar mass and/or size successfully for decades already, adapting that for an automobile wasn’t any huge accomplishment.
So in the end, it was just done for the heck of it because it could. Though I have to admit, it did make for a good publicity stunt, as evidenced by the fact that we’re still talking about it even now. ;)