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[–]William_World 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

no footage of it i can see hmmmm

[–]twolanterns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

a test ?

yes good to test them before they have expensive cargos or passengers

i recall they launched something like 300 minuteman missiles in tests way back in 60s to perfect the mechanism

it IS called Rocket Science for a reason (check out the history of the V2)

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They would be glad for you to relinquish all rights to using a small automobile that burns fuel. Meanwhile they dump their much larger amount of fuel into the gulf of Mexico. Those rockets carry a lot of fuel!!! They need lots of fuel, for their tests, and for their other trips to space.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)