If. Space X. s Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off from pad 30 nine-A at the Kennedy Space Center today assistant dean of engineering at the University of Colorado Phil Larson says the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket is a big deal it s kind of the Super Bowl of rocket launches and it s the 1st of its kind but there s a whole list of new rockets being developed right now and that s really exciting it s not just governments anymore but private companies building super heavy lift vehicles like this 12 of the boosters used to launch the Falcon Heavy returned successfully to the Kennedy Space Center the 3rd main booster slammed into the Atlantic at 300 miles an hour I missed the floating landing platform scattering shrapnel all over the deck and not knocking out 2 engines Space X. Chief executive Ilan Musk was unfazed by the last poster and said watching the other to land upright was probably the most exciting thing he s ever seen on Wall Street the Dow up by 567 points the NASDAQ rose 148 t
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