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SpaceX Successfully Tests Nine-Engine Cluster

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-did-you-do-this-weekend dept.

the_other_chewey writes "At their test facility in Texas, SpaceX, the privately funded space-flight company, have successfully tested their nine-engine cluster which is planned to provide the heavy lifting capability for their Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy rockets. The firing lasted three minutes (a full 'mission duty cycle,' i.e. a simulated launch) under full power, delivering 3.8MN (or 855,000 lbs.) of thrust. SpaceX have made a video of the test available. The Waco Tribune has a short report about it, with comments by locals."

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  1. Re:Fear in the comments sad by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    You are correct. Texans are not overwhelmingly fearful idiots because Bush was President...

    Bush was President because Texans (and others like them) were overwhelmingly fearful idiots and voted for him.

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  2. Re:Texans... by Stiletto · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not just Texans. A great portion of small-town "red state" America lives in constant self-induced fear that their oh-so-strategic water tower and corn silo are minutes away from being nuked by the rooskies or bombed by the Ay-rabs. Too much watching FOXnews if you ask me...

  3. Re:FP by Ecuador · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So, these are FEET right? I mean, we wouldn't want another stonehenge miss communication ;)

    I wish you guys stuck to metric at least on slashdot...

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