Posted: Feb 15, 2018 10:34 am
by Made of Stars
i have no avatar wrote:Car Orbiting Earth

"These cameras, connected to the car's battery, are now out of power."

I assume they mean the 12V battery. Why not run the camera off of the HV batteries through a high to low voltage converter and with a high enough gain antenna to send images to Earth while the car is in its own orbit about the Sun?

Gosh, I'm so much smarter than Elon Musk, the dummy. :nono:

Or were fully charged HV batteries too much of a risk? Theories? Credible info? (too lazy to Google).

Dunno. They might have left them off to reduce weight and maximise the orbit.