Elon Musk reveals why he launched his Tesla Roadster into space.
"I fully expected this flight to fail."
Musk was talking about Falcon Heavy's first flight.
Since he thought the rocket might fail, he didn't want to put something boring on top of it.
Instead, SpaceX launched his personal Tesla Roadster with Starman sitting in the driver's seat.
The car is now traveling in an orbit that takes it between Earth and Mars.
And according to Musk, it could remain up there for around 10 million years.
Imagine taking your everyday car and accidentally turning it into a piece of space history.
The first Tesla Roadster went to space because the Falcon Heavy test might fail
Eight years later, SpaceX technology is reportedly being built into the next Roadster to make it fly
The Roadster went to space first. Now space is coming back to the Roadster
Full circle
Very few people know that the reason we launched my old Tesla Roadster to orbit Earth and Mars is that the probability of failure was very high and we didn’t want to risk anything valuable
Very few people know that the reason we launched my old Tesla Roadster to orbit Earth and Mars is that the probability of failure was very high and we didn’t want to risk anything valuable
Tesla hasn’t released a Flying Roadster trailer yet, so the community made one
A small glimpse into what could become one of the craziest vehicle reveals ever
Fan made for now. Soon reality✈️🚘
People always picture the future as loud, crowded and covered in neon
Maybe it looks more like this instead:
open sky, endless fields and a Roadster that no longer needs the ground beneath it
The greatest leap in transportation won’t be making cars faster. It’ll be giving them an entirely new direction
When the whole world becomes the scenic route
Autumn below, an open horizon ahead and nothing between you and the view
The Flying Roadster wouldn’t just change how we travel. It would change what we get to see along the way
The Flying Roadster wouldn’t simply be a faster car. It would be proof that the impossible only stays impossible until someone engineers it.
Thanks to @elonmusk@Tesla@SpaceX
Bridges, tunnels and ferries exist because cars have always had to follow the landscape
The Flying Roadster could change that equation
Point it across the fjord, engage the SpaceX package and head straight for the horizon
The Flying Tesla Roadster might finally be happening.
Reuters reported Tesla could reveal the redesigned Roadster this month, potentially with a SpaceX version using cold-gas thrusters.
Musk has teased this since 2018, but now we’re talking:
• Tesla x SpaceX
• 0–60 potentially under 1 sec
• short lift-off / hovering
• “you’ll have flying cars”
If Tesla actually shows a Roadster leaving the ground, this narrative will be everywhere.
And when the news finally drops, believe $FTR will fly with it.
Good r/r here.
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The road ends here. The future doesn’t.
A Tesla Roadster, SpaceX thrusters and an open sky, this is the moment transportation stops being limited by the ground.
Soon, taking the scenic route could mean leaving the road entirely.
@elonmusk, make it happen.
The original Tesla Roadster proved electric cars could change the world
The next one could prove that cars were never meant to stay on the ground
Roads were only the beginning
@Tesla@elonmusk
We couldn’t wait for the official reveal, so we created our own commercial for the Flying Tesla Roadster.
A machine born from Tesla engineering and SpaceX ambition. Built for the road, designed to challenge gravity and created to show us what the future could look like.
This is an independent fanmade concept, not official Tesla footage.
But if the real Roadster is anything close to this, the future of transportation is about to change forever.
@Tesla@SpaceX@elonmusk, the world is ready.