If aliens ever happen to come across Elon Musk’s red, flying Tesla Roadster in space, they will certainly be in for a surprise.
The SpaceX CEO has made sure that the cosmic car was filled with information about earthlings before launching it into deep space with his Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday.
Hours after the launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Musk posted a photo to his Instagram account: the words "made on Earth by humans" are printed on the Tesla's circuit board.
“May be discovered by some future alien race thinking what the heck? What were these guys doing? Did they worship this car? “ Musk joked in an interview after the successful liftoff.
He says the Roadster will orbit for hundred of million of years...if not longer.
But that’s not the only secret onboard.
The Tesla also comes with a dashboard message that reads “Don’t Panic” and a dummy driver named Starman, who is wearing an official astronaut suit and is cruising into the big black beyond while David Bowie music plays in the background. A plaque with the signatures of 6,000 SpaceX employees is also riding along with Starman.