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Elon Musk @elonmuskPayload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination is Mars orbit. Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn’t blow up on ascent.
After this, it will be rolled back into the hangar and the encapsulated payload (the roadster) will be demated from the rocket. Assuming everything has been okayed, it will eventually roll back out to the pad (likely next week), sans payload this time, for a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) and potentially a static fire (SF). The WDR is where the launch team practices a countdown like they were going to launch the rocket, including loading all the propellants and gasses. They go through everything that would happen on launch day, except they don't light the engines. The rocket is then detanked and they either do it again or call it a day. The static fire is just the same except they actually light the engines but don't release the launch clamps.
Elle ne restera pas sur le pas de tir jusqu'au décollage. Vu le contexte d'un premier tir d'une fusée, plusieurs validations s'imposent.