There’s nothing fake about this photo and people can’t get their heads round it
People are waking up to this image of a car apparently heading out from earth into space and assuming it’s fake. Except it’s not. At least, we don’t think so.
It’s a Tesla sports car owned by Elon Musk, sent into space on his Falcon Heavy rocket.
View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth. pic.twitter.com/QljN2VnL1O
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018
Musk’s cherry red electric car is on its way to Mars with ‘Don’t Panic’ stamped on the dashboard and David Bowie playing on the stereo and will carry on its journey into deep space, all being well.
Live view of Starman https://t.co/gvSlztlE6l
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018
And this is the rocket it went up on.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/2ypESsi1sF
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018
This isn’t fake either, although it really looks like it.
SpaceX successfully relands #FalconHeavy boosters #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/YNt88urMI4
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) February 6, 2018
And you can follow its progress here.
Live Views of Starman https://t.co/G335kvVsta
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018
Obviously that’s not a real astronaut, just in case you’re wondering.
That was one of the coolest things our species has ever done. Congratulations to @elonmusk and the rest of the @SpaceX team. https://t.co/AKYlbwy2QJ
— Sam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) February 6, 2018
Well, maybe.
Utterly amazing and hilarious all at the same time #falconheavy #spacex pic.twitter.com/71VhuCX3sV
— Aarav (@_aarava) February 6, 2018