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SpaceX Successful Static Fire

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-infinity-and-beyond dept.

ron_ivi writes "SpaceX's website is announced that they had a " great static fire today" where their Falcon rocket successfully had 3 seconds of thrust. Nice pictures and video of the test; and if analysis shows all was well, they'll be launching Thursday."

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  1. It used to be... by guru+zim · · Score: 5, Funny

    It used to be a guy wouldn't brag if he only had 3 seconds of thrust.

  2. Re:WOHO!!! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think we would leave all the Anonymous Cowards behind. There's enough garbage in space. :P

  3. ESD by EraserMouseMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd though a static fire would be bad for the ICs?

  4. Sad by Eightyford · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone else find it sad that the founder of Paypal has a better rocket company than the creator of DOOM?

    Ah well, at least they are both fellow geeks.

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  5. Re:If NASA designed cars by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your username is uniquely well suited to your post.

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  6. FIRE! by JonathanR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming from the petrochem industry, I'm not used to seeing the words great, static and fire all in one sentence

  7. Re:Sure way to burn bandwidth by Crash24 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pfft...I bet they can harness the server heat for fueling the launch!

  8. It used to be...Slow Burn. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It used to be a guy wouldn't brag if he only had 3 seconds of thrust."

    Now he breaks out the cigarettes and asks, "was it good for you too"?

  9. Re:Bad plot line... by Inner_Child · · Score: 3, Funny
    (this was the main plot line of a cheezoid TV series in the early 80's)
    Selling things on Ebay in the early 80's? Talk about being ahead of their time...
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  10. Somehow... by linguizic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somehow, in some way this proves that Microsoft sucks.

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  11. Re:WOHO!!! by Eideewt · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they can colonize a new world and the rest of us can die from exposure to unsanitized telephones? No thanks.