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SpaceX Starman dummy finally makes it to Mars in Elon Musk’s red Tesla – CNET

It’s been 32 months since the dummy left Earth atop a Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Starman has finally made it to the red planet — sort of. 
It’s been over two and a half years since SpaceX successfully demonstrated its Falcon Heavy launch system. Rather than using a hunk of concrete or some other sort of ballast for a test payload, Elon Musk offered up his cherry red Tesla piloted by a dummy in a spacesuit named Starman.
Starman, last seen leaving Earth, made its first close approach with Mars todaywithin 0.05 astronomical units, or under 5 milli…

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