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Title: First electric car in space…
Post by: Kiwithrottlejockey on February 11, 2018, 03:21:45 pm

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A red Tesla Roadster is seen during preparations to use it as a mock payload for the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. — Photograph: Reuters.

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket climbs skyward from lift-off. — Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters.

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket after the launch. — Photograph: Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images.

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Another view of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from launchpad 39A. — Photograph: Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Associated Press.

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket trails smoke after lifting off. — Photograph: Steve Nesius/Reuters.

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This still image taken from a SpaceX livestream video shows “Starman” sitting in SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster
after the Falcon Heavy rocket delivered it into orbit around the Earth. — Photograph: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images.


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This still image taken from a SpaceX livestream video shows “Starman” sitting in Elon Musk's Tesla roadster after the Falcon Heavy rocket
sent it into orbit around the Earth. — Photograph: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images.


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The crowd cheers at Playalinda Beach in the Canaveral National Seashore, just north of the Kennedy Space Center, during the successful launch
of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. — Photograph: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Associated Press.


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Two booster rockets from the Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy return for a landing. — Photograph: John Raoux/Associated Press.