Elon Musk's outer space Tesla will overshoot Mars and land somewhere in the asteroid belt

After spending six hours orbiting Earth, Elon Musk’s outer space Tesla rocketed deeper into space.

SpaceX originally planned for the vehicle to land in a solar system orbit that would at times bring the Roadster near Mars, but it appears the Tesla will overshoot these expectations and travel well beyond the red planet, and into the asteroid belt.

Elon Musk announced last night on Twitter that the cherry red payload and its Starman passenger “exceeded Mars orbit.” This doesn’t mean that vehicle is already there, as it will take months for the Roadster to travel some 600,000 miles into space. Rather, this is the vehicle’s estimated trajectory. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Elon Musk's outer space Tesla will overshoot Mars and land somewhere in the asteroid belt