# Fastest car EVER **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** tesla\ **Created:** [February 6, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039 "2018-02-06T21:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/1 "2018-02-06T21:04:52Z")
Well, as of now a Tesla has gone faster than any other car ! ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/2 "2018-02-06T21:06:44Z")
What is a Tessa ? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/3 "2018-02-06T21:08:27Z")
Oh, the Tesla Roadster used as the load for the missile test launch. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/4 "2018-02-06T22:18:45Z")
Missed that, spelling fixed…lol ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/5 "2018-02-06T22:44:07Z")
Not under its own power, though. We can also say it will travel farther than any other wheeled vehicle generally for sale. I don’t think it counts, since it is essentially a brick. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/6 "2018-02-07T02:06:18Z")
Elon Musk was interviewed today on the radio. He joked that his main worry was something might go wrong and all that was left was a Tesla wheel rolling down the launch pad. ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/7 "2018-02-07T02:20:58Z")
From today’s launch: ![Starman](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/ea4d465064c1954e208665b50faf2754169ec7e4.png) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/8 "2018-02-07T02:21:12Z")
I talked to someone that worked at a launch pad where a rocket came back down after exploding and landed on top of the block house where he and several others in the launch crew were. They tried to get out through the escape tummel, but there was too much burning debris at the exit. They were stuck inside until the fire abated. When he got out, he went to find his new pickup. All the was left was four rims. Sounds like dark humor to me. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/9 "2018-02-07T02:28:19Z")
The 2.8 second 1/4 mile is incredible, I keep wondering why there is not a burnout ---
**Author:** ![ArlHtsMelissa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/arlhtsmelissa/32/22867_2.png) [@ArlHtsMelissa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ArlHtsMelissa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/10 "2018-02-07T03:14:44Z")
I sent a joke to my insurance agent about them soon having to offer Emergency Space Service Coverage. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/11 "2018-02-07T03:21:31Z")
> [@ArlHtsMelissa](#): > > I sent a joke to my insurance agent about them soon having to offer Emergency Space Service Coverage. With very long jumper cables. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/12 "2018-02-07T06:20:21Z")
How would you charge the Tesla in space, I am assuming the rocket has a generator. Would the self-driving software bring it back to earth? ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/13 "2018-02-07T16:03:23Z")
> [@galant](#): > > How would you charge the Tesla in space, Solar power. ---
**Author:** ![Waterbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Waterbuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waterbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/14 "2018-02-07T17:25:18Z")
How does the stunt of sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars fit “the exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries” and should there be transparency for how a private company/person indemnifies the US because “States shall be responsible for national space activities whether carried out by governmental or non-governmental entities; States shall be liable for damage caused by their space objects; and States shall avoid harmful contamination of space and celestial bodies.” [http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introouterspacetreaty.html](http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introouterspacetreaty.html) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/15 "2018-02-07T17:27:30Z")
> [@Waterbuff](#): > > How does the stunt of sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars fit Because it was cool. The Roadster was one of Elon Musk’s personal cars. ---
**Author:** ![Waterbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Waterbuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waterbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/16 "2018-02-07T17:33:16Z")
So a (publicity) stunt is acceptable because “it was cool”, and sending something useful like a scientific instruments/probe wouldn’t have been as ‘cool’? (And I guess it was too much to ask that an international space treaty to have recognized ‘coolness’ as a benefit for, and in the interests, of all countries.) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/17 "2018-02-07T17:50:38Z")
> [@Waterbuff](#): > > So a (publicity) stunt is acceptable because “it was cool”, and sending something useful like a scientific instruments/probe wouldn’t have been as ‘cool’? Who says they didn’t. In fact the capsule was full of scientific equipment gathering giga-quads of data. > [@Waterbuff](#): > > (And I guess it was too much to ask that an international space treaty to have recognized ‘coolness’ as a benefit for, and in the interests, of all countries.) You do know that Space-X is a private company right? > **[Will Elon Musk's SpaceX Go Public?](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/121515/will-elon-musks-spacex-go-public.asp)** > > Learn about Elon Musk's rocket and spacecraft company SpaceX, its products and clients, and the future possibility of an initial public offering (IPO). ---
**Author:** ![Waterbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Waterbuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waterbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/18 "2018-02-07T18:11:54Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Who says they didn’t. In fact the capsule was full of scientific equipment gathering giga-quads of data. And at over $10K per pound to leave earth orbit, how much more COOL science could have been done in place of the weight of that (cool) stunt? > [@MikeInNH](#): > > You do know that Space-X is a private company right? And you did note that the treaty covers non-governmental entities, right? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/19 "2018-02-07T18:17:19Z")
This was the first time test of an all-new rocket. They needed weight to test it, the Roadster fit the bill. No major science payload would have been risked on a first-time test flight. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039/20 "2018-02-07T18:27:31Z")
I agree. If NASA, DoD, ESA, or JAXA tested a new launch vehicle, they would have used a mass simulator, aka a brick. When the new NASA SLS launches for the first time, it will not carry instruments, other than those needed to evaluate the launch. I can’t imagine any government agency or private company would spend tens of millions of dollars on an instrument that has a high likelihood of reaching the ocean floor. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fastest-car-ever/112039.md?page=2)