Remember Starman and the Tesla Roadster launched into space? They're now beyond Mars, SpaceX says

[Eugene]

Source: USA Today

Remember Starman and the Tesla Roadster launched into space? They're now beyond Mars, SpaceX says

Brett Molina, USA TODAY Published 7:33 a.m. ET Nov. 5, 2018

The mannequin astronaut Starman launched into space earlier this year by SpaceX has now traveled past Mars, the aerospace company revealed.

Starman, which launched aboard the Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in February sitting in the driver's seat of a Tesla Roadster, has journeyed beyond the Red Planet, according to a tweet from SpaceX posted Friday.

"Next stop, the restaurant at the end of the universe," said SpaceX, a reference to the series "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

SpaceX, helmed by CEO Elon Musk, drew buzz in February after revealing it would launch Starman and the Tesla into space. Musk said test flights for rockets often include concrete or steel blocks as cargo, but they wanted to spice things up for February's Falcon Heavy launch.

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[zipplewrath]

1. What's left of it.

I've heard that most of the organics are toast by now. I'd bet the paint is gone.

[exboyfil]

2. So when its recovered 10,000 years from now

I have to wonder what they will think.