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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Will Take Tesla’s Roadster To Mars
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Will Take Tesla’s Roadster To Mars

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has up the stakes of an already difficult situation by today tweeting that the SpaceX's most powerful reusable rocket Falcon Heavy will launch next month from Apollo 11 pad. It was originally scheduled for November but the time was up for the launch. But, Elon Musk has seemingly confirmed the launch in the month of December.   Falcon Heavy to launch next month from Apollo 11 pad at the Cape. Will have double thrust of next largest rocket. Guaranteed to be exciting, one way or another. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2017 Not only that, Falcon Heavy will be carrying Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster into the space. Musk first tweeted the idea on Friday evening.   Payload will be my midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination...