Our 7 favourite responses to Elon Musk sending a Tesla into space
It’ been a while since we put a man on the moon but the good news is it’s less than a day since we sent a car into space.
View from SpaceX Launch Control. Apparently, there is a car in orbit around Earth. pic.twitter.com/QljN2VnL1O
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018
That’s Elon Musk and his cherry red Tesla which was propelled by the world’s largest rock towards Mars and beyond with David Bowie on the stereo and a tribute to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy on the dashboard.
And here are our 7 favourite things that people said about it today. Send us your thoughts in the comments. Or launch them into deep space, whichever you prefer.
1.
Terrible day. Parked my red Tesla convertible outside Cape Canaveral Space Center and I’m pretty sure it’s been towed.
— Tom Sutcliffe (@tds153) February 6, 2018
2.
Me: Are you sure this is the quickest route?
Uber driver: pic.twitter.com/m9039NvYAd
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 6, 2018
3.
"Mr musk we would like to use your fortune to help humanity"
*Elon Musk presses a button on his desk* "Just fired a boat into space"
"Please Mr Musk"
*presses button* "Now a banana"
"People are dying"
*presses button* "That one was a bear"— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) February 7, 2018
4.
Congratulations Elon Musk for giving an electric car the carbon footprint of an oil tanker
— Stephen Grant (@stephencgrant) February 7, 2018
5.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 7, 2018
6.
Went out drinking with Elon Musk last night and now I can’t remember where I left my car.
— Mr Roger Quimbly (@MrRogerQuimbly) February 7, 2018
7.
And I still struggle to parallel park. https://t.co/fvPK91tjKi
— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) February 6, 2018
If you’ve had it with these cynics and just want to celebrate an extraordinary scientific achievement, then we’ve got something for you as well.
When John Young glided the Space Shuttle Columbia back to Earth in 1981, he turned to Bob Crippen and said ‘We’re not too far away – the human race isn’t – from going to the stars’. I think the stars feel closer tonight 🙂 Thank you @SpaceX https://t.co/YvesNIEP79
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) February 6, 2018
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There’s nothing fake about this photo and people can’t get their heads round it
