With the launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy or the Red Tesla, the pandora’s box of science and technology has been dropped open. The pictures that the South African-American inventor shared on Twitter looks unreal. But the truth is, it is real, it is happening.
Currently over Australia 🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/HAya3E6OEJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018
The coming months will decide whether the mission was a success or not. Until then, we have memes. We always have memes.
As soon as pictures of Elon Musk’s Red Tesla floating in outer space with its dummy astronaut ‘Starman’ got out, people have been making SpaceX jokes which, I hate to admit, are really very funny.
1. Delivered as promised.
You: “It’s 2018 where are our flying cars”@elonmusk: pic.twitter.com/1pUXJyHZtC
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) February 6, 2018
2. For drivers who are always lost on a different tangent.
"Sir map mai to yahi location dikha raha tha" https://t.co/iek5gshXbR
— Ivan Mehta (@IndianIdle) February 7, 2018
3. Maybe he just wanted to give us an ‘out-of-this-world’ product launch idea.
Wonder if Mr Musk slightly misunderstood the ‘how do we launch the new Tesla Roadster’ email?
— chris harris (@harrismonkey) February 6, 2018
4. Yes sir, it should reach you any minute now.
https://twitter.com/chillmage/status/960980812593278976
5. Talk about biases!
oh so when elon musk launches a car into space it's "history-making" but when i launch my car backwards into a parking cone i'm "a bad driver" and "need to get my eyes checked"
— Dami Lee (@dami_lee) February 6, 2018
6. Anything to avoid ‘the talk’.
Bae: 'We really need to talk about this'
Me: pic.twitter.com/Oa3eS1RTRv
— Bratticus (@bharatunnithan) February 7, 2018
7. Uber drivers should never become astronauts, they’d lose the direction even completely.
Sir… Main location pe aagaya!
Space Uber X pic.twitter.com/nYMhhMONGP— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) February 7, 2018
8. Any volunteers who would pick this up for me?
For Sale or Trade:
Lightly used Tesla Roadster. Original owner. Loaded. 92 million miles.
$50k OBO
(you are responsible for pickup) pic.twitter.com/Z9iDiW57ZC— Fr. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) February 7, 2018
9. Now we need a Mumbai man to find a solution to beat the traffic. Hai koi?
https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/960982085539434498
10. Maybe ask Elon Musk? Oh wait, he’s too busy atm.
I left my red Tesla in the parking lot. Now it's missing. Anyone have any idea where it could be?
— Dan Lucas (@WFLADan) February 6, 2018
11. Sit tight, it’s going to be an interesting ride.
Ty @elonmusk for the memes, the @SpaceX Falcon Heavy was also pretty good pic.twitter.com/pk9RMfCkko
— Matias Gomez (@atiasgomez) February 6, 2018
12. It is indeed a good time to leave the earth.
Time to leave the earth memes are a reality now#SpaceX #future pic.twitter.com/jyaLmlZMyL
— 🅛🅐 ' 🅤🅖🅗 (@The_Apple_killr) February 7, 2018
13. You can never really rely on GPS.
Some history was just made. Sweet, let’s all make some memes about it! #SpaceX #HeavyFalcon pic.twitter.com/3X859RF91h
— The Beginning Is Near (@RoysElectric) February 6, 2018
14. A slight variation of Adams’ quote – “So long and thanks for all the fish.”
So long #Starman, and thanks for all the memes @elonmusk @SpaceX pic.twitter.com/Rys4ddOLJX
— synace (@synacecom) February 6, 2018
15. “There’s always room for more.”
So many memes, so little time… but lots of space! Thank you Elon!#ElonMusk #SpaceX #Starman #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/nkGunfE0p1
— PJ'Oh (@PJOnet) February 7, 2018
16. Never miss a booty call, even if you’re on your way to Mars.
Bae: Come over
Me: I can't, flyin to Mars.
Bae: My parents aren't home
Me: pic.twitter.com/K1KEOHUgik— Jonwell Tarly (@Fullywrecked) February 6, 2018
17. SpaceX, making dreams a reality.
"Don't let your memes be dreams" -SpaceX
— Greg Fodor (@gfodor) February 6, 2018
18. Geddit?
https://t.co/hSuYpKcByw
We are thrilled for the #FalconHeavyLaunch by #SpaceX and #ElonMusk! Here's a #meme to go with it! 😉— Facepalm Gags (@FacepalmGags) February 6, 2018
I won’t lie, the memes are hilarious. But I really, really cannot wait to hear the success stories of this SpaceX mission. After all, Elon Musk has sent it on behalf of humankind.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/?taken-by=elonmusk
So while we wait to hear back from our dummy astronaut Starman, we can rejoice in the success of its launch and laugh at the fresh memes it gave us.