Elon Musk Launched A Rocket, Along With A Tesla; The Views Are Crazy
(CBS) -- SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, thundered to life and shot away from Florida Tuesday, kicking off a spectacular maiden flight to send founder Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster on a "just for fun" journey beyond the orbit of Mars.
Twitter went bonkers.
Here are some of the "driver's views" from space:
This seems totally normal to me. pic.twitter.com/pbi9Jn65lk
— Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) February 6, 2018
This is absolutely insane... Starman is just chilling... LIVE FROM SPACE!!! Behind the wheel of a #Tesla Roadster. https://t.co/BsQNTrCn6b pic.twitter.com/UIYbGdbp1H
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) February 6, 2018
Epic!!! #SpaceX #FalconHeavy #Tesla #roadster #boundforMars pic.twitter.com/S1Bh8kb7ga
— Christopher Calubaquib (@ChrisAstro) February 6, 2018
And here's that Tesla Roadster #FalconHeavy ferried into orbit https://t.co/m0NeswinwM pic.twitter.com/txDQC6ka8o
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) February 6, 2018