# Was the SpaceX Tesla overshhot from Mars-ish orbit to Cerers-ish orbit intentional?

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**Created:** [February 7, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-spacex-tesla-overshhot-from-mars-ish-orbit-to-cerers-ish-orbit-intentional/808368 "2018-02-07T15:29:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-spacex-tesla-overshhot-from-mars-ish-orbit-to-cerers-ish-orbit-intentional/808368/21 "2018-02-07T20:21:42Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> And there’s no way for them to do that. It is (presumably) out of fuel, and the batteries wouldn’t last the months of coasting to get out past Mars, and even if they did, the oxygen would have boiled off long before then, etc. The third burn (after 6 hours or so of coasting) was experimental enough that it was an open question whether they’d be able to even do that or not. There’s no way a current Falcon second stage could coast for months through space and then do a burn.

I agree, I was just talking about the orbital mechanics of the situation.

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