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by slimshady94 3056 days ago
So why exactly would it orbit the sun for a billion years?
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No significant forces are expected to interfere with it and disturb the orbit enough to make it hit another object.
Elon should issue challenges to go interfere with it to promote space development.

$1mm if you can rendezvous. $2mm if you can put a drink in the driver's cupholder.

Doubt the incentive would be worth the cost... $1mm for something that might take $100m in R/D and resources to accomplish.
Following the same logic XPrize wouldn't exist.
Proof that it could have gone to mars but also in a very stable orbit with little chance of hitting an object and infecting it with human biology that is on the tesla.