Aliens Over L.A. Just Turn Out To Be Elon Musk Again
The man has a flair for the dramatic
Elon Musk, otherwise known as owner of the most rockets in America, has just sent another one into the sky. Last night was the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 for the final time this year, but it also had the side effect of making everyone think the aliens were finally arriving to put 2017 out of its misery.
What you see in the video is the contrails and exhaust from the SpaceX craft as the sun hit it just right--simulations predicted that the launch that evening would be especially dramatic because of the weather and lighting.
Musk has also made headlines for yet another rocket, this time because when it goes into space, it'll be carrying Musk's personal first-generation Tesla Roadster into deep Martian orbit. Musk said that it should be up in space for a couple billion years, provided it doesn't spontaneously combust on launch as SpaceX's rockets are occasionally wont to do.
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So..... If I go to Mars and take the car, no one could technically arrest me for theft.
Looks like I got new motivation in life~~
That’s actually true
A Roadster is definitely different, but I’d say a gas-powered car would be much more exciting, as they always are as compared to electric.
Especially in outer space where you have no oxygen, a combustion engine must be pretty exciting.
Both are pretty exciting despite the fact that the car is locked in place
Rich guy sends enormous, expensive, penis shaped object, containing his own creation, to whirl pointlessly round a distant planet for billenia. Nothing even slightly egotistical/insecure or suspect about that, no sir. Not to mention the cost of this project could probably solve world famine, or something useful. Vanity project anyone?
Lol, no. Jesus no. Such large problems have equally large price tags. Let's say this launch cost...20 million USD. How far do you think 20 million would go?
Bill Gates could give all his money and still not solve world famine/hunger....
Read moreHaha ive got an alien obsessed friend that was posting these vids up on Facebook claiming it was for sure aliens. Gonna have to burst his bubble.
This might be my favourite headline I've ever seen.