TEXT: With a Tesla Roadster attached and a dummy named Starman in the driver's seat, Space X's Falcon Heavy spacecraft rocketed into space to the delight of observers on the beach Feb. 6, 2018, seen from the roof of Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach. Space X founder Elon Musk hopes the Falcon Heavy will float in elliptical orbit between Earth and Mars for about a billion years.