SpaceX Fires a Car to Mars on World's Most Powerful Rocket

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The red Tesla Roadster can be seen above, during preparations ahead of launch

Teslafounder Elon Musk released a new animation revealing how he would fire his car toward Mars aboard the world's most powerful rocket. The car is seen fitted into the huge rocket's main module (pictured)

Tesla founder Elon Musk released a new animation revealing how he would fire his car toward Mars aboard the world's most powerful rocket. The car is seen fitted into the huge rocket's main module (pictured)

Thebillionaire, who is CEO of private rocket company SpaceX, said the firm's Falcon Heavy spacecraft would carry his 2008 cherry red Tesla Roadster on a billion-year journey through space 'if it doesn't explode into tiny pieces'. Pictured is an artist's impression of the car strapped into the rocket's main module before launch