Tesla founder Elon Musk has announced that the company’s upcoming Roadster sports car will be offered with an optional “SpaceX package” with actual rockets.
The South African-born billionaire tweeted that the upgrade will include ten “small rocket thrusters arranged seamlessly around car”.
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