February 14, Valentines Day, marked the farewell of Starman and his cherry red Tesla. Off to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter (Ooops! A slight hick-up during launch with an estimated overshoot from the original planned trajectory of Mars), one final viewing of Starman was made possible by viewing it through the power of the Virtual Telescope project. Unfortunately for all the space and sci-fi junkies, the viewing was not a close up of Starman. Millions of miles away, though the telescope, he appeared as a small white dot skimming across the backdrop of the MilkyWay. Below is the last official photo of Starman after his successful and mesmorising launch.
So Starman, farewell. I salute you and in the spirit of your extraordinary and quirky launch into space, armed with a friendly reminding ‘Don’t panic’ sign mounted to your dashboard, I say ,
‘So long, and thanks for all the fish’
What would your farewell message be?
What? I didn’t even get a chance to meet him. Hello and goodbye. Oh, come back, the passenger seat empty, I can definitely can use a joy ride similar to Thelma and Louise.
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Hi Seeker, good to hear from you. Not sure why it’s not working in reader… I haven’t changed anything. Glad you have my email still.
Hadn’t thought about that passenger seat – missed opportunity
Hmm, what to say to Starman?! How about ‘Hope your radiation suit is top of the line!’.