New Tesla Roadster will have SpaceX options package

[Grendal]

I'm sure the Roadster section will have lots of comments on the new Roadster but we can discuss the SpaceX options package here.

Tesla Roadster to offer 'crazy' SpaceX option package, Elon Musk says

 

[TexasTeslaRacing]

What ever it is, I’m willing to pay for it. Perhaps a small rocket near the rear? Who knows???

 

[Mike1080i]

My first thought was Crew Dragon seats.

 

[TEG]

Grid-fins that deploy when you want to slow out of hyperspace...

 

[scaesare]

Raptor option.

 

[skitown]

Spaceship controls.

 

[Mobius484]

Mini super Dracos in the rear.... gotta be...

 

[TEG]

Falcon Heavy cargo stand mount points...

 

[ecarfan]

Obviously ablative heat shielding on the nose and retropropulsive braking.

 

[sandpiper]

Launch escape system? If the batteries start on fire, a set of rocket thrusters instantly fire driving the two passenger seats 2000 feet into the air accelerating at 14G. A note on the display warns that the system is 'beta only' and that it should not be deployed while in garage.

 

[Nikxice]

Launch escape system? If the batteries start on fire, a set of rocket thrusters instantly fire driving the two passenger seats 2000 feet into the air accelerating at 14G. A note on the display warns that the system is 'beta only' and that it should not be deployed while in garage.

A SpaceX OEM 'DON'T PANIC!' sticker on the central dash should suffice.

 

[Acho]

A SpaceX OEM 'DON'T PANIC!' sticker on the central dash should suffice.

I can send you one. Not OEM but close

 

[Nikxice]

I can send you one. Not OEM but close

Hey, thanks for the offer again and those cool stickers! You already sent them to us a few months ago. We used the 'My Other Car Is A Spaceship' to overlabel a crappy Chevy dealer sticker on my wife's Volt. Planning to give the 'DON'T PANIC!' sticker to a Roadster owner this coming weekend. Hope folks are donating a couple dollars so you can keep printing.

 

[Acho]

Hey, thanks for the offer again and those cool stickers! You already sent them to us a few months ago. We used the 'My Other Car Is A Spaceship' to overlabel a crappy Chevy dealer sticker on my wife's Volt. Planning to give the 'DON'T PANIC!' sticker to a Roadster owner this coming weekend. Hope folks are donating a couple dollars so you can keep printing.

Thank you for your kind words and sorry didn't recall I sent you stickers.

There is variation on "my other car is a spaceship " sticker On my computer. Still not sure I am going to print it but why not to share it here

 

[Zaxxon]

The obvious answer is that it'll be rapidly re-usable without extensive downtime/cost.

 

[TEG]

Comes with a "Starman" driving suit, and a cheese wheel in the frunk...

( Wait, 2020 Roadster doesn't have a frunk opening does it? That cheese wheel could be stuck in there ! )

 

[malcolm]

Comes with a "Starman" driving suit

Not just a suit. Starman IS the Autopilot.

Or possibly the Stig.

 

[Grendal]

The car has the label "Made in Fremont by Humans" placed in it.

 

[ecarfan]

Every Roadster contained circuit boards that said “Made on Earth by humans”.

 

[MacGreiner]

= promise that Tesla will launch it atop of FH if they catch you driving it like a commuter.