Can a car really survive space?

On February 6th, 2018, two of Elon Musk’s companies combined in the most bizarre way imaginable. His rocket company, SpaceX, put one his other companies, Tesla’s cars into space. What?!?!

This event is clearly goes down as one of the most insanely unusual events in spaceflight history and has raised a TON of questions. Some about the physics, and other’s about its authenticity in general.

Well today we’re going to figure out what happens to a car if it’s put in the punishing environment of space.

I mean, come on, plastic in space? Tires in space? Paint in space?! How much of this is real and how much of this is simply impossible?

And lastly, say there is truly a midnight cherry red Tesla in outer space, where is it now, can we see it, and what’s going to happen to it in the future?

Special thanks to the University Of Northern Iowa's Physics department for the help!

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