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    Musk's Roadster Visited by 2050

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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.

    In August 2019, as the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun, Musk stated that SpaceX may one day launch a small spacecraft to catch up with the Roadster and take photographs.

    Will Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster be visited by any spacecraft before 2050?

    The question will resolve positively if any active spacecraft approaches the Tesla Roadster to within a distance of 10,000 kilometers before December 31st of 2049, 23:59 UTC.

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