Elon Musk Will Send a Tesla to Orbit Mars
- 6 years ago
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6. The initial launch payload is a Tesla Roadster — and Elon Musk posted an Instagram photo of the car with a dummy driver, called "Starman," wearing the SpaceX spacesuit. If the launch is successful, the Tesla could orbit Mars indefinitely. In a statement Musk wrote, "Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring.