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Teh One Who Knocks
02-04-2019, 11:10 AM
By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News

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Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, on Sunday posted a video of the “first firing” of SpaceX's Starship Raptor flight engine that he hopes will eventually be used on an interplanetary spacecraft.

"So proud of the great work by @SpaceX," he tweeted.
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The text firing occurred at the SpaceX test area in McGregor, Texas, according to GeekWire. The website pointed out that Musk’s company intends on making a version of the rocket that has 440,000 pounds of thrust.

CNet reported that Musk’s goal is to pair the Starship with a super heavy rocket that will use up to 31 of these Raptor engines and eventually transport passengers to Mars.

Muddy
02-04-2019, 11:58 AM
Seems so archaic.. We really need the next level of propulsion technology to kick in.

Hal-9000
02-04-2019, 09:49 PM
I wonder how they measure the pounds of thrust.

That looked like 438, 000 pounds to me :hand: