Remember the Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space last week? This Tesla Roadster is in space after being launched with the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6. Well, three scientists just took a close look at the vehicle's orbit over the next million years, and they found there is a slight chance the car might crash into Earth or Venus. The Tesla was launched into space Feb. 6 atop SpaceX's vaunted Falcon Heavy rocket; its only passenger a spacesuit-wearing mannequin named Starman. With each successive flyby past Earth and other bodies in space, its orbit is perturbed and becomes harder to predict.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2018 17:03 UTC