million pounds of thrust to lift seventy tons into orbit a capacity unseen since nasa put men on the moon behind it all found in a long musk is pulling out in front of the new commercial space race. it wouldn t be an airline must production without the usual flair for one the rocket payload will be a cherry red tesla roadster seated in the front seat handle the wheel a dummy by the name of star man his fate following the test an outward bound journey from earth s orbit preferably to a david bowie soundtrack at least according to the promo video. behind musk s humor or bold ambitions if all goes to plan the falcon heavy as a successor to the smaller falcon nine seen here will live twice as much as the current largest rocket in the u.s. space fleet for a quarter of the cost much of those cost savings are found in reusable boosters which are designed to return to earth after launching it s always