Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, Goes BOLD — Firing HUGE, Powerful Rocket With Something SPECIAL, Destination MARS

Billionaire technology magnate Elon Musk plans to launch a Tesla Roadster to Mars next month with it blaring David Bowie on the stereo.

Musk, 46, made the announcement via Twitter on Friday, stating that a SpaceX rocket, known as the Falcon Heavy, will blast off from Cape Canaveral, site of the historic Apollo 11 mission.

'Falcon Heavy to launch next month from Apollo 11 pad at the Cape. Will have double thrust of next largest rocket. Guaranteed to be exciting, one way or another,' Musk posted...

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skytop - 12/3/2017 6:15:19 AM

+2 Boost

I did not 'realize' that the Tesla roadster was an all terrain vehicle weighing almost 3,000 pounds.
But then, liberals like Musk routinely promote dishonesty and deception.

atc98092 - 12/3/2017 10:06:38 AM

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And exactly where did you read that? Certainly not in the story linked here.

He probably needs to have some sort of payload, so he chose something that is part of him. A bit narcissistic perhaps, but it's his money so he can choose what he likes. So far he's doing a better job with SpaceX than he is with Tesla.

MDarringer - 12/3/2017 8:32:50 AM

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Musk is psychotic.

qwertyfla1 - 12/4/2017 8:01:46 AM

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So the environmentalist is going to litter space with yet more debris? Way to dishonor David Jones greatness.

I want Tesla to succeed but this is absurd. Desperate times call for desperate PR measures I guess or is this just another pump and dump -into space that is?