NASA's Rocket to Nowhere Finally Has a Destination

ENN
Aug 17, 2017, 9:33 am93 pts
On a Thursday afternoon in June, a 17-foot-tall rocket motor—looking like something a dedicated amateur might fire off—stood fire-side-up on the salty desert of Promontory, Utah. Over the loudspeakers, an announcer counted down. And with the command to fire, quad cones of flame flew from the four inverted…

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