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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by chasd00 on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:01PM (#28042595)
If only the launch site was near, and launch trajectory over, a huge body of water where a crash would not endanger anyone or anything.
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by BitwiseFool on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:05PM (#28042617)
And they aren't sending passengers on these autonomous test flights. Nor are they risking multi-billion dollar taxpayer funded payloads. It makes total sense to me to allow SpaceX a faster launch cadence for their prototypes.
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by Taniwha on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:18PM (#28042792)
It's likely not just the FAA .... especially because they are launching within 5km of the Mexican border
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