SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy rocket has successfully executed its test launch, delivering its whimsical payload to space, including SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster, a dummy in a SpaceX-designed spacesuit named Starman, and a few other items.

More ludicrous than Ludicrous Mode" 27 Merlin engines lighting off like a candle.
The Falcon Heavy was the actual star of the February 6 launch, but interest in the rocket faded to mainstream viewers relative to the Tesla Roadster, which SpaceX positioned within a capsule in the rocket’s nose. Once in space, the capsule’s walls were jettisoned to enable a few cameras to capture different angles of the space-bound electric sports car and the ultra-chill Starman. A few clever Easter eggs were scattered throughout the Tesla, too, from the touchscreen display reading “Don’t Panic!” (a reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) to a tiny Tesla Roadster Hot Wheels model?complete with its own tiny Starman?set atop the dashboard.
The driver, Starman, appears not to be panicking.
Also onboard the Tesla" A plaque with the signatures of 6000 SpaceX employees on it, as well as a high-tech 5D glass-disc storage unit with Isaac Asimov’s Foundation book series. The storage setup renders information in three dimensions within a glass disc capable of holding 360 terabytes of information and lasting for 13.8 billion years. The idea is that far-flung...