Monday, February 11, 2019

SpaceX's Mars Raptor engine claims rocketry record on path to lift-off levels of power

SpaceX's Raptor engine has now achieved lift-off levels of power in testing

How does one lift 100 metric tons of spacefaring gear into low-Earth orbit and onward to Mars? For SpaceX and its ambitious CEO, that means strapping 31 advanced boosters to the bottom of a retro-styled rocket and shooting for the stars. Test-firing of this engine has now reached lift-off levels of power, with the company breaking a long-held rocketry record while it was at it.

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