Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy
 

Yes, it's true: SpaceX is sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars aboard the Falcon Heavy
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UPDATED Dec. 2, 2017 at 5:08 p.m. EST:A SpaceX official that isn't Elon Musk has confirmed that the Tesla payload is real and expected to launch to Mars' vicinity on the Falcon Heavy.*

Musk appears to have been trolling The Verge and generally confusing all of us. Scroll down for the rest of the story.

UPDATED Dec. 2, 2017 at 11:33 a.m. PST:Elon Musk has walked back his claim that he intends to send a Tesla Roadster to orbit Mars with the upcoming launch of the Falcon HeavyMusk originally confirmed with The Verge that "it's so real," and has since told the publication that he "totally made it up." Read more...

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