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‘All systems green’: SpaceX fired up its Mars spaceship prototype for the first time, rattling homes for miles around

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Maria Pointer (bocachicaMaria) SpaceX fired up what company founder Elon Musk called its "Starhopper" prototype for the first time on Wednesday night. Starhopper — a roughly 60-foot-tall prototype of a Mars-capable vehicle, called Starship — fired its single engine for about one second, shortly before 8 p.m. CDT. A truck-size Raptor rocket engine shot out […]

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