# Ultimate fate of Elon's Tesla Roadster

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** elon-musk\
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501 "2018-02-09T06:15:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501/41 "2025-01-31T17:58:03Z")

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[Update?](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-amateur-astronomer-seemingly-spotted-a-new-asteroid-it-turned-out-to-be-a-tesla-in-space-180985921/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501/42 "2025-01-31T18:43:06Z")

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Psst, that’s the same story that @Darren_Garrison bumped the thread for.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-elons-tesla-roadster/808501/43 "2025-01-31T18:45:16Z")

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Technically it is a different article, not a copy of Darren\_Garrison’s

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