SpaceX Test Fired Raptor Engine

[HardOCP News]

Elon Musk tweeted these images showing off a successful test firing of the Raptor engine. These are the engines that SpaceX plans to use to take humans to Mars. Check out the cool "Mach diamond" pattern in the second shot.

 

[alxlwson]

Nifty!

 

[DukenukemX]

Neat!

 

[Rob94hawk]

Still using chemical rockets in the 21st century.
Makes me sad.

 

[amddragonpc]

That's not a tractor beam?

 

[Darkswordz]

"There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way!"