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Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by mabbo on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:56PM (#15655689)
I think publicly they say things like "Big Falcon Rocket".
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Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by api on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:11PM (#15655831)
It comes from the "BFG" from the original Doom games.

Edit: fixed... was Doom not Quake :P

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Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by CodeWriter23 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:23PM (#15655972)
Ahem, the BFG 9000 was from Doom.
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Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by neuronexmachina on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:52PM (#15656293)
Quake II and Q3A did have a BFG10K, though.
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