So, it turns out SpaceX is pretty good at rocketing
by Eric Berger from Ars Technica - All content on (#5BF2W)
At 4:45pm CT on Wednesday, SN8 took to the skies. [credit: Trevor Mahlmann ]
As the Sun sank toward the South Texas horizon, a fantastical-looking spaceship rose into the reddening sky.
It was, in a word, epic.
Powered by three Raptor rocket engines, SpaceX's 50-meter-tall Starship vehicle climbed out over the Gulf of Mexico. After a couple of minutes, one by one, the Raptor engines blinked off by design. It was not immediately clear how high Starship reached, but the craft appeared to come close to the 12.5km ceiling on the flight test.
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