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Elon Musk Will Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars on SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket
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From https://www.space.com/38968-elon-musk-falcon-heavy-rocket-tesla-roadster.html
Elon Musk Will Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars on SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket
By Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor | December 1, 2017 10:23pm ET
It really is Mars or bust for Elon Musk. The billionaire says he's going to launch his own Tesla Roadster on the first test flight of SpaceX's new giant rocket next month, and the car will play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" full blast on the way to Mars (if the rocket doesn't explode during liftoff).
In a pair of Twitter posts Friday night (Dec. 1), Musk said SpaceX's huge new rocket — called the Falcon Heavy — will make its debut in January from the very same NASA launch pad that sent the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon: Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Falcon Heavy to launch next month from Apollo 11 pad at the Cape," Musk wrote. "Will have double thrust of next largest rocket. Guaranteed to be exciting, one way or another." [SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket in Images]
So that's great news, right? Falcon Heavy will launch in January. Wait, it gets better.
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By Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor | December 1, 2017 10:23pm ET
It really is Mars or bust for Elon Musk. The billionaire says he's going to launch his own Tesla Roadster on the first test flight of SpaceX's new giant rocket next month, and the car will play David Bowie's "Space Oddity" full blast on the way to Mars (if the rocket doesn't explode during liftoff).
In a pair of Twitter posts Friday night (Dec. 1), Musk said SpaceX's huge new rocket — called the Falcon Heavy — will make its debut in January from the very same NASA launch pad that sent the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon: Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Falcon Heavy to launch next month from Apollo 11 pad at the Cape," Musk wrote. "Will have double thrust of next largest rocket. Guaranteed to be exciting, one way or another." [SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket in Images]
So that's great news, right? Falcon Heavy will launch in January. Wait, it gets better.
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Elon Musk Trolls The Internet With Falcon Heavy Tweets
Curt Godwin | December 3rd, 2017
Artist's rendition of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ascending toward space. Image Credit: SpaceX
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Both Ars Technica and The Verge ran stories not long after Musk tweeted the news. Shortly thereafter, however, information came to light that began to cast doubt on the sincerity of the tweets.
While that may seem to be the end of it, Musk reached out to Eric Berger with Ars Technica to confirm that SpaceX will be launching Musk’s Tesla Roadster atop the Falcon Heavy for its inaugural launch in 2018.
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Curt Godwin | December 3rd, 2017
Artist's rendition of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ascending toward space. Image Credit: SpaceX
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Both Ars Technica and The Verge ran stories not long after Musk tweeted the news. Shortly thereafter, however, information came to light that began to cast doubt on the sincerity of the tweets.
After Musk tweeted the plan, we asked him to confirm that it was real. Musk replied to us first by email, confirming that it was real. Then, after The Verge published a story about the plan, Musk sent us a response in a direct message on Twitter saying he “totally made it up.” – story by Sean O’Kane on The Verge.
While that may seem to be the end of it, Musk reached out to Eric Berger with Ars Technica to confirm that SpaceX will be launching Musk’s Tesla Roadster atop the Falcon Heavy for its inaugural launch in 2018.
There has been some confusion today because Elon Musk told The Verge on Saturday morning that he “totally made it up” about sending a Tesla Roadster to Mars. However, in multiple emails with Ars on Saturday afternoon, Musk confirmed that this plan is, indeed, real. Another SpaceX official also said the Tesla payload was very much real. – story by Eric Berger on Ars Technica.
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