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Is Elon Musk's playboy space odyssey really the future we want?

The Falcon Heavy rocket’s first launch has put a red Tesla Roadster into space. The images are beautiful and fun, but the wider implications aren’t great

Analysis

Tesla Roadster inside Falcon Heavy

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SpaceX set to launch massive Falcon Heavy rocket for first time

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solar panels

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Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch

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Falcon Heavy launch

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Seeing SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket take off for the first time

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Illustration showing Moon Express probe against lunar backdrop

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Google-sponsored race to the moon has ended without a winner

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Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

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Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

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We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

Insight

Falcon Heavy rocket

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

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Mercury probe

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2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

In October, a probe called BepiColombo will begin a seven-year voyage to Mercury with the aim of answering questions raised by previous visits to the scorched world

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2018 preview: Return to the moon as eight missions are planned

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Physics

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

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NASA has discovered our solar system’s twin with 8 planets

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Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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