#SpaceX: 31 of the 33 Raptor engines fired for 7 seconds. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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🗓️ 11 February 2023
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#SpaceX: 31 of the 33 Raptor engines fired for 7 seconds. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-to-attempt-a-full-33-engine-static-fire-test-today-of-superheavy-prototype-7/
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| 0:30.0 | This is CBS Islanderworld. I'm John Bachelors. SpaceX is the story, but Bob Zimmerman is here |
| 0:40.3 | to tell that story because it's behind the blacks. Happy birthday Bob Zimmerman fundraising |
| 0:47.0 | for subscriptions for your donations. What Bob has to say about SpaceX is critical to |
| 0:53.1 | understand when and if we're going to get to Mars. Was it successful? Well, it looks |
| 0:58.0 | successful, but so your subscriptions and donations most, most welcome Bob. Was it a success? |
| 1:05.0 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:06.0 | Good evening, John. Well, what SpaceX was trying to do this week was to do a static fire |
| 1:14.0 | test of the super heavy prototype number seven that it hopes to use to launch Starship |
| 1:19.7 | into orbit hopefully in a month. It's got 33 engines at its base. These are the wrapped |
| 1:25.0 | to two engines. Each of which is the most powerful engine ever made. If you have 33 at the |
| 1:30.4 | bottom of the rocket, you've got the most powerful rocket ever made by a good march and |
| 1:34.6 | more powerful than SLS by a lot and more powerful than the Saturn V rocket by a lot. |
| 1:40.2 | They will go to fireworld 33 engines and do a short static fire test. They won't take |
| 1:44.1 | off. They held it held down the rocket in place and the test went off. I've got the video |
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