All I want for Christmas are these photos of Elon Musk's car preparing to fly to space

Do you know what every space nerd wanted for this holiday season? A little gift from Elon Musk and SpaceX. 

And we’ve got it. 

Musk, the founder of the private spaceflight company, just posted photos of his midnight cherry Tesla Roadster getting ready to fly to space aboard the first flight of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket in January.

“Test flights of new rockets usually contain mass simulators in the form of concrete or steel blocks. That seemed extremely boring,” Musk said in an Instagram post.

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Source: Mashable | All I want for Christmas are these photos of Elon Musk's car preparing to fly to space