Reasons this story is interesting:
Space frontier: A new rocket is developed
Economic: It will have to compete with the cheap decommissioned Russian ICBMs
Technological: solid fuel (aka firework material) that is harnessed to produce thrust
Geekly: the test reported refers to the casting process for the solid fuel using an inert alternative (which? sugar cake - yamm!)
Flamebait: another stage for US-European space antagonism
Italians in space: it is mostly an Italian project within ESA
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Reasons this story is interesting: Space frontier: A new rocket is developed Economic: It will have to compete with the cheap decommissioned Russian ICBMs Technological: solid fuel (aka firework material) that is harnessed to produce thrust Geekly: the test reported refers to the casting process for the solid fuel using an inert alternative (which? sugar cake - yamm!) Flamebait: another stage for US-European space antagonism Italians in space: it is mostly an Italian project within ESA