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12-22-2017, 11:53 PM
All I want for Christmas are these photos of Elon Musk's car preparing to fly to space
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Do you know what every space nerd wanted for this holiday season? A little gift from Elon Musk and SpaceX.*
And we've got it.*
Musk, the founder of the private spaceflight company, just posted photos of his midnight cherry Tesla Roadster getting ready to fly to space aboard the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket in January.
SEE ALSO: Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy (http://mashable.com/2017/12/02/spacex-tesla-roadster-mars-space-oddity-elon-musk/)
"Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring," Musk said in an Instagram post (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/?taken-by=elonmusk).
A Red Car for the Red Planet Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring. Of course, anything boring is terrible, especially companies, so we decided to send something unusual, something that made us feel. The payload will be an original Tesla Roadster, playing Space Oddity, on a billion year elliptic Mars orbit. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/)
A post shared by Elon Musk (https://www.instagram.com/elonmusk/) (@elonmusk) on Dec 22, 2017 at 10:47am PST Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/elon-musk-tesla-roadster-falcon-heavy-photo/)
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Do you know what every space nerd wanted for this holiday season? A little gift from Elon Musk and SpaceX.*
And we've got it.*
Musk, the founder of the private spaceflight company, just posted photos of his midnight cherry Tesla Roadster getting ready to fly to space aboard the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket in January.
SEE ALSO: Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy (http://mashable.com/2017/12/02/spacex-tesla-roadster-mars-space-oddity-elon-musk/)
"Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring," Musk said in an Instagram post (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/?taken-by=elonmusk).
A Red Car for the Red Planet Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring. Of course, anything boring is terrible, especially companies, so we decided to send something unusual, something that made us feel. The payload will be an original Tesla Roadster, playing Space Oddity, on a billion year elliptic Mars orbit. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/)
A post shared by Elon Musk (https://www.instagram.com/elonmusk/) (@elonmusk) on Dec 22, 2017 at 10:47am PST Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/elon-musk-tesla-roadster-falcon-heavy-photo/)
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