Powerful Space X Rocket Takes Off with Sports Car on Board
The big new SpaceX rocket took off on Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car that points to an endless journey through space beyond Mars.
Powerful Space X Rocket Takes Off with Sports Car on Board
The big new SpaceX rocket took off on Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car that points to an endless journey through space beyond Mars. The Falcon Heavy rocket started from the same launch pad used by NASA almost 50 years ago to send men to the Moon. With the takeoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the takeoff hit of its closest competitor.
The three thrusters and 27 engines roared as they ignited at the Kennedy Space Center, while thousands of people gathered on the beaches, bridges and roads in the vicinity to see how the rocket was launched, delayed more than two hours by the strong wind.
Two of the propellers were recycled and returned minutes later to land, landing simultaneously at Cape Canaveral; the third, failed to descend to an ocean platform about 483 kilometers from the coast and crashed into the sea.
The chief executive of SpaceX, Elon Musk, owns the Tesla Roadster, which was fired into a solar orbit that will reac…
