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Watch SpaceX fire up its furious new Raptor Vacuum engine – CNET
Elon Musk’s company shares footage of some really hot stuff.
This is SpaceX’s new Raptor Vacuum engine lighting up during a test.
Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET
SpaceX is hopping these days. Not only is Elon Musk’s company rapidly developing Starship prototypes and sending them into the air, it’s also hitting the gas on developing its new Raptor Vacuum engine, which is optimized for use in space.
The company tweeted some ferocious footage of “a full-duration test fire of the Raptor Vacuum engine at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGr…
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