Brace yourselves, pyromaniacs. Put away all the matches before you watch the below video of SpaceX’s new SuperDraco engine spewing flame.
Elon Musk’s space exploration company released the video of a successful test-firing of an engine from a test site in McGregor, Texas. The SuperDraco could be used to propel SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft out of Earth’s gravitational pull, and Musk claims it will be the safest such system in history also capable of more accurate landings. As if to prove the point, there are plenty of completely flammable trees in the background of the test-fire site in the video.
via cnet
February 2, 2012
