Elon Musk’s dummy astronaut orbiting Earth in a Tesla – timelapse video

Elon Musk’s Starman can be seen sitting in $100,000 Tesla Roadster navigating Earth. His plan is for the car, with the message ’don’t panic’ on the dashboard and David Bowie playing through the speakers, to cruise through high-energy radiation belts that circuit the planet, towards deep space Subscribe to Guardian News ► Space oddity: how Elon Musk and SpaceX sent a car towards Mars ► Support the Guardian ► The Guardian ► The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Culture ► Guardian Science and Tech ►