The best memes about Elon Musk launching a Tesla into space
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The best memes about Elon Musk launching a Tesla into space

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SpaceX launched the most powerful rocket of all time on Tuesday. Sure it could revolutionize space travel, but does the internet have anything amusing to say about it?

It does, starting surprisingly enough with SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

“Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring.” Musk wrote on his Instagram on Dec. 22. “Of course, anything boring is terrible, especially companies, so we decided to send something unusual, something that made us feel. The payload will be an original Tesla Roadster, playing Space Oddity, on a billion year elliptic Mars orbit.”

For good measure, he also added a dummy named “Starman” in a spacesuit.

The billion years might be an exaggeration if the car happens to hit something, but the Mars orbit turned out to be an underestimate.

Musk even included a message for any aliens who might steal the pricey automobile.

Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on

But he wasn’t the only one to get in on the fun. You can’t just launch a sports car into space, with a spacesuit-clad dummy behind the wheel, and not expect the internet to make memes. People were quick to capitalize on a live feed of the car as it makes its historic journey.

https://twitter.com/Namru/status/961200525852147712

And more of the same:

It may seem lonely for “Starman” to be out there tooling around by himself in a shiny red sports car, but don’t feel too bad. There’s always the chance he’ll run into a few old friends.

 

David Britton

David Britton

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

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