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I don't know anything about space or rockets, but... Why is a car housed atop the third rocket? You can see it around 4 minutes after the housing is jettisoned
by wayneftw 6y ago
I don't know anything about space or rockets, but...
Why is a car housed atop the third rocket? You can see it around 4 minutes after the housing is jettisoned - https://youtu.be/su9EVeHqizY?t=239 https://youtu.be/su9EVeHqizY?t=239
(I was just about to post this question when I decided to just look it up - I vaguely remember hearing something about this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster )
- OnlyOneCannolo 6y agoBecause Elon Musk launched his personal Tesla into space on the Falcon Heavy test flight. https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw https://youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c
- mannykannot 6y agoIf only there were a teapot in the trunk... https://xkcd.com/1866/ https://xkcd.com/1866/
- Yizahi 6y agoMaybe there was. We can't know now :)
- mannykannot 6y agoIndeed, but as Russell himself pointed out, the burden of proof would rest on anyone claiming it to be so!
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- wondringaloud 6y agoBecause billionaires with large egos exist in the wild.
- nickik 6y agoOr because they had to do a test launch and launching a block of concert would be boring. Why not do something that gets some more media attention and thus exposes far more people and kids to Spaceflight. But its defiantly just because of his ego, not thought went into it beyond then that.