Russell's teapot is already in orbit. And simultaneously not. And Schrödinger is pouring....
However they needed something in the nose to simulate the weight of an actual satellite/spacecraft - and you have to admit that a sports car with a dummy astronaut, "Life on Mars" playing (if inaudibly) on the stereo and a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide... has more style than a concrete block. (Elon loses marks for forgetting the teapot, though).