9th February 2018, 12:05
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Cornwall UK
Posts: 1,530
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Classically Situated Cars.
I think it's fair to say this Tesla car is probably going to 'outmileage' just about any car that ever existed before long .... 
"The current location at 10.30am on Friday, February 9 is 449808 miles (723896 km) from Earth, moving away from Earth at a speed of 8081 miles/hour (13005 km/hour, 3.61 km/s).
The car is 147651009 miles (237621338 km) from Mars, moving toward the planet at a speed of 44745 miles/hour (72010 km/hour, 20 km/s).
The closest approach to Mars in the next orbit will occur on Jun 10, 2018, and will be approximately 0.739 AU away.
The furthermost point from Earth will occur on Feb 23, 2019, and will be 2.445 AU away.
The closest approach to Earth will occur on Aug 15, 2019, and will be 1.99 AU away."
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Corporal Hicks
(Actually Ripley said it first.)
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