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SpaceX is Ready to Test its New Mars Rocket Engine

Accepted submission by Arthur T Knackerbracket at 2016-08-10 14:40:33
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Arthur T Knackerbracket [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Time: 2016-08-10 05:50:40-10:00 UTC

Original URL: http://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-is-ready-to-test-its-new-mars-rocket-engine/#ftag=CAD590a51e [cnet.com]

Title: SpaceX is ready to test its new Mars rocket engine - CNET

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SpaceX is ready to test its new Mars rocket engine - CNET

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story [cnet.com]:

Elon Musk's space company has set itself the lofty goal of reaching Mars, and it's ready to test the rockets it expects to get it there. The Raptor rocket engine has been shipped to the company's test site in Texas, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell revealed at a keynote address at the Small Satellite Conference [spacenews.com].

"We just shipped the first Raptor engine to Texas last night," Shotwell said. "We should be firing it soon."

SpaceX confirmed that the rocket engine is ready to be tested. The Raptor, which will drive the rockets bound for Mars, is projected to be more than three times more powerful than the Merlin engines attached to the company's current Falcon 9 rockets.

While the company's current Falcon Heavy, which will be the world's most powerful rocket [spacex.com] when it launches later this year, is capable of sending cargo and astronauts to Mars as well, it's the Raptor that will be attached to the generation of rocket after the Falcon Heavy, known colloquially as the BFR. And yes, BFR stands for exactly what you think it does.

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