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Yesterday the private space corporation Spacex sent its Falcon heavy rocket into space and placed a payload in space ( a cherry red tesla sport car owned by Elon Musk).
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The Falcon heavy rocket has nearly three times the payload capacity as the retired space shuttle. With 27 engines and two rocket boosters that successfully landed after use. The rocket is the most powerful in use to day. Not since the days of the Apollo program has a heavy lifter been used in this league.

The risk was great in the mission and the odds were 50/50 of a successful launch according to Musk.

Yesterday’s exciting and admittedly risky launch, SpaceX says, could mean game over for its private space company rivals. The Falcon Heavy will provide the United States a heavy-lift capability in space not seen since the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo era. source earth sky news.

The old 100,000 dollar Tesla roadster, was released and sent on its way to  No word on any way of controlling the vehicle with its space suited dummy (named Starman) behind the drivers wheel or if  it would survive a trip to Mars. It is apparently in orbit around the earth.

A trip to Mars mission with the heavy lifter should take 6 months to cover 54.7 million KMs trip ,which includes and an asteroid belt will be in its path.

The mission is deemed experimental and risky. Look for a landing of the main rocket making it reusable to measure this flights success.

There is a recording playing in the Tesla the song by David Bowie,  Life on Mars.

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