The man is a promotional and business genius. He just arranged the best possible long term advertisement for his car company at a cost of 0 dollars. The fascination generated in the public to follow this cars journey through space is tremendous. The number of high interest video images will last for years unless the car gets demolished on its journey through the asteroid belt.
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Well... While I definitely respect and admire the technical achievement and marvel that rocket is, the car stunt itself rather disappointed me. I somehow do not like messages of the kind "Look how big my di... uh rocket is!"...

I think the whole thing was really cool and the two Falcon 9's successfully landing back on earth was straight out of the original Flash Gordon, the drone ship one less so but i do hope the film survived for the blooper reel

...with the satnav saying "Make a U-turn if possible..."

Another though I had was 'Has Elon Musk just committed the perfect murder?'

Yes, I've been following and became aware of the projected path after I posted that...still...orbiting Mars or in a semi-planetary orbit...it's still out of this world.

I just want to see it come back to Earth and land on ROUTE 66; that I would call "Heavy ..."

Can not believe flat earthers think this is a hoax! If you are familiar with the back story of Musk and how he accomplished this it really is an amazing story.

I just read today that the intended trajectory has been over shot & will be 10's of millions of miles from Earth . What a true waste of time , resources , & yes as I've voted , Money !

Big fan of the platform. Not a big fan of the craziest ad campaign ever.

All test shots require payload mass simulation, or the shot is not going to give the right data. I think his use of the roadster and Starman in their new spacesuit, also requiring testing, was imaginative, effective, took care of three things simultaneously, was absolutely hilarious, and paid homage to all the people who made the shot possible. And who knows, we may someday have a measurable example of the sort of crater a Tesla roadster can make on Earth or Mars -- a bonus.

His Rockets were bigger than Apollo, and the booster came back down and landed, all three, two on nearby pads and one on a ship at sea, so they can be reused.
The chat thread on his live feed is outrageous though, so full of grade school flunk outs and flat earthers,quick to believe conspiracy and unwilling to bel;ieve the evidence before their eyes.

More importantly this hearlds a new era of PERSONAL space exploration, driven by indiviuals and the corporations they found, not by nation states. Like the Age of exploration took off when the private corps became involved, it is my hope that this too will herald a new push for the asteroid belt and beyond.

"The Earth is too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in" Arthur C. Clarke

PS, the dash reads "Don't Panic" on the digital display, so don't forget your towel.

I can't help but imagine some future civilization who happens upon Mars and discovers a mannequin in a suit driving a car orbiting the planet. It's fantastic. Elon is my hero.