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For the curious, it's Musk's midnight-cherry red Tesla roadster, with a dummy in a spacesuit in the drivers seat, David Bowie playing on the stereo, and a towel
by imron 9y ago
For the curious, it's Musk's midnight-cherry red Tesla roadster, with a dummy in a spacesuit in the drivers seat, David Bowie playing on the stereo, and a towel in the glove box along with a copy of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and a sign that says Don't Panic.
- digdugdirk 9y agoThat's great. Where did you find this info on the payload?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- imron 9y agoInitially from Musk's Twitter feed, but there's now also a Wikipedia entry about the car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk's_Tesla_Roadster There's also an artists rendition of the launch and payload on spacex's YouTube channel (titled: Falcon Heavy Animation)
- overcast 9y agoNot only that, it's being set into orbit around the sun.
- imron 9y agoYep, and not just for kicks, it's also to demonstrate they can launch a payload far enough to reach the orbit of Mars if required.
- kunkurus 9y agoI understand now. Is because of vogons that we need to colonize Mars.