. 'You're King Nerd. I relinquish my crown.'

At that moment, Colbert lifted a giant pink crown from under his desk and placed it on his head, before setting it down in front of him and inviting Musk to come collect it. 

'Here, come claim it,' he said. for the launch explained the choice more thoroughly.

'The payload for Falcon Heavy's demonstration mission is SpaceX CEO and Lead Designer Elon Musk's midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster,' the materials read.

'Demonstration missions like this one typically carry steel or concrete blocks as mass simulators, but SpaceX decided it would be more worthwhile to launch something fun and without irreplaceable sentimental value: a red Roadster for the red planet.' 

The materials added: 'It's important to remember that this mission is a test flight. Even if we do not complete all of the experimental milestones that are being attempted during this test, we will still be gathering critical data throughout the mission.'

As Colbert's production team rolled a clip of the Falcon Heavy taking off, Colbert basically squealed with delight, yelling 'Go, baby, go!'

The comedian then grabbed his heart, to show his exaggerated excitement over the feat. 

Not only was the launch successful, Сериалы 2021 года онлайн but the company's biggest rocket yet is also reusable, with boosters that land firmly on the ground, as opposed to breaking off and crashing into water, and many rocket boosters do.

'The Falcon Heavy's boosters disengaged, and had to land safely on landing pads with pin-point accuracy,' Colbert shouted with excitement.

'Check that out!'

A woman's voice could be heard from the clip saying, 'The Falcons have landed,' which Colbert echoed, with enthusiasm.

'The Falcons have landed!' he said, making two well-timed, triumphant pointing gestures for emphasis.

'Starman,' as the 'dummy astronaut' has been dubbed by SpaceX, is expected to stay in deep space 'for a billions years or so,' inside the Roadster in Mars' orbit, Colbert said.