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Wbw on SpaceX | 2016-09-28

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29 Sep 2016 — 1 min read

My contribution here will be short:

http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/09/spacexs-big-fking-rocket-the-full-story.html

Our man Tim Urban over at Wait but Why digs into the SpaceX Program.

Urban used to work for Elon Musk and he was able to have a phone conversation with him regarding the big plan to colonize Mars.

It’s absolutely worth a read.

Here’s an artist’s rendering of the rocket itself:

The Future!!

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