[rktman]

I kinda figured someone would have the Vette clip from "Heavy Metal". It's at the end of the piece. Gotta think Musk took some of the idea from the movie. Guy in suit in a roadster in space. Someone on his team saw Heavy Metal. As for deaths around the space program, I knew 4 suicides myself while there.

[Neidermeyer]

You’re reading my mind ,, should have been a 62 Vette ....

[blackdog]

Did anyone think to send Matt Damon some more potatoes in the trunk?

[Duchess47]

I would love to be able to see the faces (?) of space aliens when they run into that.

[Drawsing]

That was something to see those two booster rockets landing side by side at the same time. Wow!

Too bad about the middle booster.

[txrefugee]

That photo from space with the red Tesla and “driver” orbiting in front of Earth was truly amazing. Wonder what the first NASA engineers thought when they saw that epic picture, as well as the incredibly perfect landing of the two side booster rockets returning to their launch pads after flawlessly accomplishing the launch? If we had real reporters, someone would have set up such an interview.

[aquila48]

Musk has a lot of fun doing what he does. He’s a kid in a sandbox totally immersed in having fun building his castles.

[Daniel Ramsey]

Meanwhile over at NASA they are in a deep funk....they wanted to put a Pontiac Aztek into orbit.
But you know what this means?

America can do it, what would Russia or China have done?

Oh yeah right, Russia now wants to put a Zil limousine into space, China a giant stuffed Panda.

[Palio di Siena]

Tesla has never made a profit selling autos. All govt. subsidized with our money. Nothing but a con man in my book.
F Musk and his electric cars.

[Psalm 73]

"Tesla Roadster and a dummy astronaut blasts off on a super-giant rocket called Falcon Heavy, headed for Mars orbit with David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” blaring on the car radio."

Is this the greatest country in the universe, or what!

[RC one]

So many ways to go with this. what a great time to be alive though. I'm 46 years old and this is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

[mosesdapoet]

Was this a successful launch ? Some stuff worked some didn’t.
Reports have this waste of money is suppose to orbit the sun. Just as long as down along the line we’re not paying for this stunt there isn’t much one can say except . We could use satellite monitors measuring various solar outputs .

[GreyFriar]

Is it going to: 1) ‘soft land’ on the surface of Mars; 2) impact directly into the surface of Mars creating a crater with a bunch of junk at the bottom; 3) go into orbit and eventually burn up entering the atmosphere; or 4) go past Mars and keep on going “to infinity and beyond?”

[SuperLuminal]

Not too big a deal...A 1935 Ford pickup truck made the first trip from our quadrant of the galaxy to another quadrant...30,000 light years, I think...And it wasn't discovered by aliens...

[SuperLuminal]

Not too big a deal...A 1935 Ford pickup truck made the first trip from our quadrant of the galaxy to another quadrant...30,000 light years, I think...And it wasn't discovered by aliens...

[jiggyboy]

saw this earlier, can't find the combo via search though

Tesla playing David Bowie

David Bowie playing Tesla

[Concentrate]

Definitely worth a watch. Makes you think, if you have an open mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtYWkTEDgjM

[SparkyBass]

Good thing there is no oxygen out there... at least it won’t catch fire.

[SparkyBass]

[Chode]

[mad_as_he$$]

I must be deficient in orbital mechanics. The Tesla was launched on an Eastern trajectory but the video has it orbiting to the West. What am I missing?