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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by imron on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:16AM (#16316726)
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.
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by overcast on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:02AM (#16317094)
Not only that, it's being set into orbit around the sun.
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by imron on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:17AM (#16317205)
Yep, 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.
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by kunkurus on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:06AM (#16317119)
I understand now. Is because of vogons that we need to colonize Mars.
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by digdugdirk on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @10:55AM (#16317041)
That's great. Where did you find this info on the payload?
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Re:Watch the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Today by imron on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:13AM (#16317174)
Initially 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

There's also an artists rendition of the launch and payload on spacex's YouTube channel (titled: Falcon Heavy Animation)

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