{"id":114032,"date":"2020-10-08T06:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/spacexs-starman-cruising-space-in-a-tesla-makes-a-close-approach-to-mars"},"modified":"2020-10-08T06:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:23:06","slug":"spacexs-starman-cruising-space-in-a-tesla-makes-a-close-approach-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/spacexs-starman-cruising-space-in-a-tesla-makes-a-close-approach-to-mars","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX\u2019s Starman cruising space in a Tesla makes a close approach to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2160\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/wbSwFU6tY1c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is True! A Tesla car is cruising space! The founder of SpaceX Elon Musk wanted to launch a \u2018silly\u2019 payload for SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy rocket debut flight because a rocket\u2019s first flight has potential to fail. Typically, aerospace companies launch massive concrete blocks as mass simulators during risky rocket flights. As the dreamer that Musk is, he opted to launch something that would inspire the public to dream big and look at the stars \u2014 his flashy midnight cherry Tesla Roadster. The electric vehicle became the crazy payload for the rocket\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n<p>On February 6, 2018, SpaceX conducted Falcon Heavy\u2019s debut flight; It lifted-off from historic launch Pad 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The successful test turned Falcon Heavy into the most powerful rocket in operation, it produced about five million pounds of thrust (22MN). During the mission, SpaceX shared Live footage as the Tesla Roadster was placed into orbit. It was a very inspiring to watch an actual car orbiting around Earth with, a mannequin dressed as an astronaut, positioned in the Tesla driver\u2019s seat; while the radio played \u201cLife on Mars\u201d by David Bowie (video below). After the awe-inspiring launch, Musk wholeheartedly said \u2014 \u201cLife cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it is True! A Tesla car is cruising space! The founder of SpaceX Elon Musk wanted to launch a \u2018silly\u2019 payload for SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy rocket debut flight because a rocket\u2019s first flight has potential to fail. Typically, aerospace companies launch massive concrete blocks as mass simulators during risky rocket flights. As the dreamer [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,2019,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-elon-musk","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}