Elon Musk posts first pictures of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

The SpaceX Falcon Heavy -- made up of three Falcon 9 first stages strapped together and topped by an upper stage on the middle booster -- will be the world's most powerful rocket, generating more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. Its first flight is scheduled for next month.

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[AxelMontini]

When you have to promote both your new rocket and car...
"Guys, let's launch the car into orbit with our new rocket"

[jastonyuh]

"I hope it makes it far enough beyond the pad so that it does not cause pad damage. I would consider that a win"😂😂😂

[eugenefr]

Roadster payload is a supersmart commercial for Tesla launched by Elon Musk. It is already makes waves among the public and the world press. Imagine what it will be after the actual launch.... Best free commercial possible. Bravo Elon!

[nichlasdillon]

it's gonna be awesome!!! I can't wait to head over and see it.

[shotnick]

Pounds? Even NASA is using metric system by now.

[mrs.chandler]

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[gregorywindrum]

Nice job Elon were rooting for you in SA mate....

[kazimir]

So I have to read the subtitle, the tweets and watch the pictures at the same time? Kinda much.

[Lurchi]

Can someone tell me what the soundtrack is called? Sounds great!

[johndoe]

Awesome machine, I bet the team of engineers who designed it will be very proud, fingers crossed.

[jamesp]

Elon is either from the future or he is an Alien. Pure Genius.

[alexanderdora]

can someone pls have mercy with me and tell me the name of the song i have forgotten.

[neilufe]

Instead of 7 month to get to Mars. Space x will make it in 2 month or less cause of the amount of fuse that will remain in the main rocket. Momentum and clear sky's should do it.

[CountArtha]

I see a Super Bowl commercial in the near future . . . .

[charkee]

Could they not come up with a better name than Falcon, Heavy?

[jaumegenaro]

here we have a wild elon musk worrying about the pad damage the rocket will cause if it doesnt lift off

[Rocky_Intertidal]

Just knowing that that thing is sitting on the pad gives me pleasure.

[ScottTheAngel]

Will elon ever recover his car in mars orbit when he gets older and lives on mars.

[eddycharles]

I thought they were scrapping other projects and pulling their resources together for the BFR?

[毛英九-lz]

We will return to the Moon！！！Proud of USA！！！