SpaceX test-fires 'Raptor' rocket that will take humans to Mars

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SpaceX has done its first test of the Raptor rocket engine that will take humans to Mars as early as 2024, Elon Musk said in a series of tweets. It was fired at the company's McGregor, Texas facility on a stand that can handle the extreme thrust. Pointing out the "mach diamonds" from the test, Musk said the "production Raptor goal is a specific impulse of 382 seconds and thrust of 3 MN [680,000 pounds]," more than three times that of the current Falcon 9.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-test-fires-raptor-rocket-that-will-take-humans-to-mars/ar-BBwD0zw?OCID=ansmsnnews11

- namesake or not, I just think this is wicked cool. 

That is all. 

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Oh yeah ? Well, take THAT ! 

Space Race to Mars: Boeing CEO Says It Will Land People First

http://abcnews.go.com/US/space-race-mars-boeing-ceo-put-man-mars/story?id=42584441

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Jeff Bezos may want to give it a go too with his New Glenn rocket   

 

http://www.space.com/34034-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-for-satellites-people.html

 

 

 

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Do a test run first? Send Kim and Con-yeah or Donald and Hillary

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1 hour ago, SaltyTiger said:

Do a test run first? Send Kim and Con-yeah or Donald and Hillary

Any elected federal offical should have to go on a space test flight or a ground or air combat mission in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.