And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
While I fully appreciate what an incredible achievement this is, for those of us of a certain vintage, it does not quite evoke the same sentiments as seeing those five F1s light up on the main stage of Saturn V. We all awaited those words: "Ignition sequence start!" with baited breath. Steve_in_Ottawa
Close to 8 million tons of thrust. When they start running the Raptor 3 engines they say over 8 million tons. And they are re-usable like the Merlin's on the Falcon rockets
While I fully appreciate what an incredible achievement this is, for those of us of a certain vintage, it does not quite evoke the same sentiments as seeing those five F1s light up on the main stage of Saturn V. We all awaited those words: "Ignition sequence start!" with baited breath. Steve_in_Ottawa
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DeleteClose to 8 million tons of thrust. When they start running the Raptor 3 engines they say over 8 million tons. And they are re-usable like the Merlin's on the Falcon rockets
ReplyDeleteThe monster shock diamonds in the plume are truly impressive.
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