Late-night host Stephen Colbert was just as breathless as everyone else Tuesday as audiences around the world watched the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy shuttle into space. But Elon Musk’s revolutionary engineering didn’t save him from the comedian’s sharp tongue.
“Elon Musk sent up his own Tesla convertible with a dummy astronaut at the wheel, blasting David Bowie’s “Life on Mars,” Colbert said, explaining how the shuttle’s payload is being tested. “A giant phallus cranking rock ’n’ roll releasing a red convertible into the dark void. And the award for “most mid-life crisis” goes to…”
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