DrTadakichi (23 de diciembre de 2017). «Ol Musky had it planned from the start». imgur(en inglés). Consultado el 26 de abril de 2020. «I've worked for Tesla for a few years now and this has always been a fun joke for us. This is a board inside Tesla's Roadster, the same kind Musk plans on sending to Mars orbit. On the board in tiny little letters says "made on Earth by Humans"».
Michael Zhang (8 de febrero de 2018). «This is the Last Photo of the Tesla That's Flying Away From Earth». PetaPixel. Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2018. «The photo was shared by billionaire Elon Musk on Instagram and SpaceX on Flickr. As you might remember, SpaceX began publishing all of its Flickr photos to the public domain in de marzo de 2015, leading Flickr to add a public domain designation just days later.»
Wong, Kenneth; Office of Commercial Space Transportation (2 de febrero de 2018), License Number: LLS 18-107, archivado desde el original el 3 de febrero de 2018, consultado el 5 de febrero de 2018, «Space Exploration Technologies is authorized … flight of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) transporting the modified Tesla Roadster (mass simulator) to a hyperbolic orbit».
Chayka, Kyle (10 de febrero de 10, 2018). «Elon Musk made history launching a car into space. Did he make art too?». «a staggering image [...] and so impressive that the video seems somehow unreal. It's the greatest car ad of all time. [...] In 1917, Marcel Duchamp put a urinal on a pedestal, titled it Fountain [...] and called it art. [...] a readymade, his word for a combination of everyday objects reassembled or re-contextualized by an artist.»
Frieger, Greg (2018). «Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in Space – Live Position». where-is-tesla-roadster.space. Consultado el 24 de abril de 2020.
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