Elon Musk has been mocked by a group of Russian scientists (Image: GETTY/YouTube: ToSky Project)
The SpaceX CEO launched his Tesla Roadster into space in 2018 during a Falcon Heavy test flight. But Tomsk-based start-up, ToSky, replicated Dmitry Rogozin red Lada car to gather data that will enable vessels to “spend more time in the stratosphere”. While Mr Musk had a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit in the drivers seat last year, the group used a cut out of Mr Rogozin, head of Russia’s space agency.
The group shared the video and said: "We sent Rogozin into near space.”
The toy car was launched on June 2 and drifted through the sky for up to 16 hours before safely landing back on Earth.
The project’s author added it was the longest stratosat flight in the countries of the former Soviet Union since 2013, according to the Moscow Times.
Mr Rogozin has previously clashed
