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Tesla boss Elon Musk is no stranger to PR stunts. World’s quickest EV, famethrowers, tunnels of whimsy, supersonic monorail... it’s all in a day’s work when your business interests are out of this world. So, what better payload for a test fight of the reusable SpaceX Falcon Heavy unmanned transport rocket – which aims to be a Mars stepping stone – than strapping aboard Elon’s own cherry-red Tesla Roadster, complete with a SpaceX suit-wearing dummy? After a successful launch on 6 February, it’s now on an eternal trip through the galaxy, hi-f (silently) playing David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ into the vacuum. Talk about “boldly going”. Now, about those delayed Model 3s...