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Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit , dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat.
It is intended as a utopian company town for the employees of The Boring Company and SpaceX. It is based on the initiative of businessman Elon Musk, who has acquired large areas of land in Texas for himself and his companies. According to The Guardian, the settlement had 12 inhabitants in 2023. [1]
SpaceX McGregor engine test bunker, September 2012. SpaceX's Rocket Development and Test Facility in McGregor, Texas is a rocket engine test facility. Every rocket engine and thruster manufactured by SpaceX must pass through McGregor for rigorous final testing, ensuring their reliability and performance before being used on flight missions.
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In 2006, Tesla announced it would sell the Signature 100 Roadster for $100,000, and by the next year it had pre-sold 570 of them. The cars became available in 2008, the year Musk took over as CEO.
Tesla bull Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush, told BI he expects the Roadster, Semi, and sub $30,000 vehicle to all be on the road within "12 months." 'The fastest production car ever made, period'
SpaceX Starbase—previously, SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site—is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves as the main testing and production location for Starship launch vehicles, as well as the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX. [2]
The site, which is not affiliated with SpaceX, estimates the car is more than 2 million miles from Earth. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...