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AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelSep 10, 2020 at 1:58 pmSpaceX’s next-generation rocket has only flown prototypes to 150 meters, but the company just sent along the first rocket that can be used for an eventual test of Starship in the vacuum of space.The Raptor Vacuum engine was shipped from SpaceX’s rocket factory in Hawthorne, California to a development facility in McGregor, Texas, the company announced on its Twitter account this week.AdvertisementThe photo of the engine shows it towering above a human, but also twice the size of a normal Raptor engine sitting adjacent.Elon Musk chimed into Twitter to explain that despite its size, it’s only designed to provide slightly higher thrust than the engines used to lift the rocket off the Earth. It’s bigger because of the shape of the bell nozzle.Advertisement“Larger bell is primarily for efficiency in vacuum,” Musk said.The McGregor site for SpaceX is about a 7 hour drive from its launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, where it recently performed two 150-meter test hop flights with a pair of prototypes for Starship.Plans are for SpaceX to continue proving out flight ability for Starship with higher altitudes, and eventually orbital test flights, where engines such as the Raptor Vacuum could be used.Musk put odds of a success on that eventual use at more than 50%.The tests follow a similar method it used when developing its Falcon rockets. Starship is the company’s eventual replacement for its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.Versions of Starship would be used for both suborbital point-to-point flights around Earth as well as deep space missions to the moon and Mars. The full version will feature six Raptor engines, stand about 165 feet tall and have a 100-passenger capacity.The large version of Starship would be coupled with a Super Heavy booster with 37 Raptor engines combined for Mars colonization plans. Musk recently said company plans are to still have an uncrewed mission to Mars by 2022 and the first humans to Mars by 2024. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelSep 10, 2020 at 1:58 pmSpaceX’s next-generation rocket has only flown prototypes to 150 meters, but the company just sent along the first rocket that can be used for an eventual test of Starship in the vacuum of space.The Raptor Vacuum engine was shipped from SpaceX’s rocket factory in Hawthorne, California to a development facility in McGregor, Texas, the company announced on its Twitter account this week.AdvertisementThe photo of the engine shows it towering above a human, but also twice the size of a normal Raptor engine sitting adjacent.Elon Musk chimed...

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