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Somewhere, up there, thousands of miles above the Earth, and soon to be heading out into deep space, is a bright red Tesla sports car. The launch of Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon Heavy marks another milestone in the highly anticipated journey to Mars.
Here is a huge video of over 4 hours of Starman’s space trip:
Apparently just for fun, but in reality to test the functionality of the propulsion systems, Elon Musk's own car is now on its own little mission, heading beyond Mars and into the Asteroid field further afield after an over-enthusiastic boost that pushed it beyond it’s intended orbit.
Real life Science Fiction
Here is an incredible video of the boosters landing in unison at the Kennedy Space centre, awe-inspiring, it’s science fiction brought to life. The central thruster failed to land on its intended target, thankfully it wasn’t being reused, but still, a fantastic effort. Mind simply blown…