SpaceX oddity: how Elon Musk sent a car towards Mars
"SpaceX cancels Falcon rocket launch seconds before liftoff"
A Starman sitting in a tin can is currently navigating the heavens, soundtracked by David Bowie. How did it – and we – get there?
Elon Musk’s giant SpaceX rocket makes triumphant launch
by Bonnie Malkin
Wed 7 Feb 2018 20.29 AEDT First published on Wed 7 Feb 2018 16.11 AEDT
It takes a beat or two for the brain to compute. The image is startling, incongruous, barmy. A car floats in space. At the wheel is a spacesuit, seatbelt on. Earth hangs behind it. The two objects don’t work together. The image jars like bad Photoshop. But it is real.
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