He founded Paypal, revolutionized the electric car, and founded SpaceX. Now, Elon Musk has guided us to further advancements in technology by being the first man to send his sports car into space. Using NASA technology, Musk is able to track his cherry-red Tesla Roadster’s path through the cosmos. Musk sent his car into space, wary of whether the vehicle would make it to Mars before crashing into something or getting burned up. The Roadster was delivered to space courtesy of The Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket in decades, second only to the Saturn V rockets that were used to send astronauts to the moon during the Apollo era.

   The Roadster was dispatched into an elliptical orbit around the Sun that circles past Mars. On Feb. 6, Musk tweeted: “Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt.” Roadster is currently continuing along the orbit and though it was expected to fail, it hasn’t let down yet. The mission for the Tesla to be launched into space was successful, but now what?

   Musk’s plan for Roadster is to let it continue its orbit and track its location until its destruction. Musk’s Tesla is to stay in space for millions of years, however, it is skeptical whether or not the Roadster will hold out for that long. Computer simulations at the company suggest that there’s a slim chance of Roadster colliding with the Sun, but no chance of it crashing into Mars, as of now. Czech and Canadian researchers analyzed that the chance of Roadster crashing into Earth is only 6 percent; however, it will have burned up by the time it reaches Earth, so it’s not a huge concern.

   For now, the Roadster circles around the orbit with no pressing mission at the moment. With a space-suited mannequin named Starman strapped to the front seat and a never-ending track of David Bowie playing on a loop, for now, the Roadster cruises through the galaxy, igniting hopes for future improvements upon space technology.