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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by fallingknife on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:52PM (#28045545)
> The first flight test of a full-flow staged-combustion engine occurred on 25 July 2019 when SpaceX flew their Raptor methalox FFSC engine at their South Texas Launch Site.[8]

(Yes, there are others listed, but SpaceX was first to actually fly something.)

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by dnautics on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @12:44AM (#28045786)
thank you, the part about invention I care about is not ideation but actual reduction to practice.
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