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To: Red Badger
Spacex' behemoth rocket StarShip uses methane as well.

China is playing catch-up to Elon Musk.

12 posted on 07/13/2023 1:03:52 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
"China is playing catch-up to Elon Musk."

I believe China is first to reach orbit. Elon's blowed up real good on a test launch.

17 posted on 07/13/2023 2:14:10 PM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

The big ‘un didn’t make it into orbit, but wow, that was the best live stream I’ve watched in a long time, since the Falcon Heavy sent the funny payload into deep space and the two side boosters landed basically simultaneously.

The next try of the Superheavy may be as soon as next month, I’d guess that it’ll be in November though. :^)

Bezos’ New Shepherd has been going up and coming back down for a number of years, but the BE-4 engine just blew up in test, which means (given their way of doing things) two years before the next test.


21 posted on 07/13/2023 5:03:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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