Merlin rocket engine test successful (2)

1 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 05/01/18(Tue)19:34 ID:3FGURmc1

http://wired.com/news/space/0,2697,66308,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
"The 33-year-old South African made a fortune when he sold his last startup, PayPal, to eBay in 2002, and he used some of the $1.5 billion proceeds to found SpaceX in El Segundo, California. The company's mission: to provide affordable access to space. Friday's test put SpaceX a big step closer toward realizing that goal. "This essentially marks the completion of our engine development,"
"I think it's very important that we become a spacefaring civilization, and that we eventually become multiplanetary."

2 Name: !WAHa.06x36 05/01/19(Wed)12:46 ID:TxsAGdkn

160 seconds to orbital velcity? I'll bet you can feel that.

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