If that happens — though the information I have read states it is a very low probability — the Roadster will not “crash into Earth” because whatever remains of the car will burn up in the atmosphere. Nothing will reach the ground. After 100,000 years or so all that will be left of the car will be the aluminum frame and any steel components associated with the frame and the suspension. Everything else will have deteriorated and be gone.
Yes, because they are developing recovery. I don't know why. It is very large. It must be very light and rather strong. Perhaps it is hand made piece of carbon fiber. I imagine automating fairing production could be alternative for recovery and reuse.
This is about money
Electric motor might crash to surface of Earth, everything else only to atmosphere with speed about 15 km/s. Unless it comes in almost horizontally, most of that speed will be dissipated in one second.
I agree, but I still think 2. stage is much more complex. Aerodynamic forces attacking fairing will be passed to 2. stage. It also has a rocket engine. Fraser Cain claims: Each RS-25 probably cost NASA around 60 M$. SLS uses 4 of those.
Of course there is. My purpose was to find order of magnitude. So what is wrong with this: Last change to orbit was made close to Earth, so orbits of Roadster and Earth will intersect on that point. Earth moves its own diameter in less that 7 minutes -> 7 min/year = 1.3e-05
6 M$ for fairing makes it roughly as expensive as 2.stage. Merlin must be much cheaper than 6 M$, because F9 has 10 Merlins. So I have trouble understanding fairing price.
No I didn't. I don't know much about manufacturing. So I'll try to compare how complex products are. I think Elon said 10* production rate cut productions costs to half. That makes sense, but rocket production rate is too low.
