[stephengillie]

Musk missed, and his car is headed for the asteroid belt instead of Mars.

[dang]

Please do not take HN threads on off-topic flamey tangents. They lead to off-topic flamewars, the last thing we want here.

[stephengillie]

Sorry

[mulmen]

Based on my understanding of the Falcon Heavy launch and objectives this is an unfair characterization. The plan was never to put the car in orbit around Mars or hit the planet directly. The plan was to prove that Falcon Heavy can move a payload with the weight of the car at least as far as Mars. Shooting it into the asteroid belt demonstrates the capability of the rocket.

[xrayzerone]

Your comment demonstrates absolute cluelessness with regards to the goals of the FH launch / second stage trajectory.