Elon Musk’s SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of the Starhopper Mars rocket prototype which saw it soar higher than ever before, Metro reports.
But the incredible feat of human ingenuity also caused disruption for people living nearby, with residents living up to ten miles away reporting disturbances to their day-to-day lives.
Slowly rose to a height of 152 metres above its launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, and propelled itself 198 metres eastward onto an adjacent landing platform, completing a successful low-altitude test of SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine.
Elon wants humanity to become an ‘interplanetary species’ and The Raptor engine is designed to power the early stages of his epic mission.
It ‘s a reusable two-stage booster taller than the Statue of Liberty and will be fitted to Starship – a space voyaging pioneer craft destined to touch down on Mars.
‘Congrats SpaceX team!’ Elon wrote.
‘One day Starship will land on the rusty sands of Mars.’
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