Thanks I saw people talking about fairings but didn't know what that was. So the car and it's passenger are just on a journey all by themselves? That's f'n awesome!
A payload fairing is a nose cone used to protect a spacecraft (launch vehicle payload) against the impact of dynamic pressure and aerodynamic heating during launch through an atmosphere. More recently, an additional function on some flights has been to maintain the cleanroom environment for precision instruments.
Outside the atmosphere the fairing is jettisoned, exposing the payload to the space environment. At this moment mechanical shocks and a spike in acceleration might be observed.
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u/0_0_0 Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18
There is no cargo bay, there were some fairings (basically two halves of an eggshape-ish shell) which were jettisoned once out of the atmosphere.