斯达曼的特斯拉完成绕太阳公转

斯达曼的特斯拉完成绕太阳公转

The Starman sitting behind the wheel of Elon Musk's original cherry red Tesla Roadster is most certainly living up to his name.

坐在埃隆•马斯克最初的樱桃红色特斯拉跑车方向盘后面的斯塔曼，无疑是名副其实的明星。

Though you won't be able to see Starman in the sky the way you can pick out the International Space Station, you can follow along on the Where Is Roadster site, which also offers interesting trivia. For instance, as of this writing, the vehicle has traveled the equivalent of driving all of the world’s roads 33.8 times and the car is getting roughly 6,000 miles per gallon. (The site isn't affiliated with SpaceX or Tesla or even Elon Musk. As the creator of the site says, "I'm just this guy, you know?")

虽然你无法像分辨国际空间站那样在天空中看到斯达曼，但你可以在“Where Is Roadster”网站上找到它，该网站也提供了一些有趣的琐事。例如，在撰写本文时，这辆车的行驶里程相当于行驶了全球所有道路的33.8倍，每加仑汽油行驶约6000英里。(该网站与SpaceX、特斯拉甚至埃隆马斯克都没有关联。正如该网站的创始人所说:“我就是这样一个人，你知道吗?”)

Elon Musk's original Tesla Roadster is predicted to orbit the inner-solar system for at least a few million years. (Photo: SpaceX)

The moment follows the first milestone, when Starman passed beyond the orbit of Mars — a distance of more than 180 million miles from Earth.

这是第一个里程碑式的时刻，斯达曼超越了火星轨道——距离地球超过1.8亿英里。

Before the famous launch, Musk revealed that instead of the concrete dummy payloads traditionally used by aerospace companies during test flights, he would instead be donating his 2008-model Roadster complete with a mannequin clad in a SpaceX pressure spacesuit.

在那次著名的发射之前，马斯克透露，他将捐赠他的2008年款跑车，其中包括一个穿着SpaceX压力航天服的人体模型，而不是航天公司在试飞时通常使用的混凝土假人载荷。

"Payload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing 'Space Oddity'," Musk tweeted. "Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent."

马斯克在推特上写道:“有效载荷将是我的午夜樱桃特斯拉跑车，它将播放《Space Oddity》。”“目的地是火星轨道。如果它在上升过程中不爆炸，它将在深太空中存在10亿年左右。”

After a successful launch aboard the Falcon Heavy, the Roadster spent six glorious hours in what's ironically called a "parking orbit" around Earth. Cameras secured to the upper stage of the Falcon Heavy transmitted live video that is still something to behold.

在猎鹰重型火箭成功发射后，这辆跑车在环绕地球的“停车轨道”上度过了6个小时的光辉时光。固定在猎鹰重型火箭上层的摄像头传输的实时视频，仍然值得一看。

Others are quick to point out that there may not be much left of Starman to destroy when the end finally comes. Much of the vehicle's organic materials — plastics, fabrics, tires, even its cherry-red paint — will, according to Indiana University chemist William Carroll, likely be destroyed relatively quickly by radiation and impacts from small meteoroids.

其他人则很快指出，当《星际迷航》的结局最终到来时，可能已经没有多少剩余的东西可以摧毁了。据印第安纳大学的化学家威廉·卡罗尔说，这辆车的大部分有机材料——塑料、织物、轮胎，甚至樱桃红色的油漆——很可能很快就会被辐射和小流星体的撞击摧毁。

Inorganic materials such as the vehicle's aluminum frame and glass windows will last longer, making the car recognizable by some estimates for at least a million years.

无机材料，如汽车的铝框架和玻璃窗，将持续更长的时间，使一些人估计，汽车可识别至少100万年。

So "Don't Panic!" — as the console screen on the Roadster reads — Starman in some form or another will likely be around cruising our galaxy long after we're all stardust. But man, what a ride!

“别慌!”——正如跑车上的控制台屏幕显示的那样——在我们都是星尘之后很长一段时间里，以某种形式存在的斯达曼很可能还会在银河系中巡航。但是，伙计，这是一次多么美妙的旅行啊!