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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 11, 2021, 02:00 AM Jul 2021

Elon Musk says SpaceX still growing in Texas, plans rocket engine factory near Waco

SpaceX will break ground soon on a rocket engine factory near Waco, CEO Elon Musk said Saturday, detailing the plan in a series of posts on social media.

The facility, which will be in McGregor, will be the aerospace company's second rocket engine manufacturing facility and will produce Raptor 2 engines, Musk wrote on Twitter.

SpaceX's Raptor engines are a family of full-flow stage combustion cycle rocket engines designed for use in Starship launch vehicles. Musk said the company's California factory will focus on SpaceX's newer Raptor Vacuum engines, a variant designed for vacuum conditions, as well as new and experimental designs.

The new McGregor facility will produce roughly 800 to 1,000 rocket engines per year, or about two to four engines per day, according to Musk. By big rocket engine standards, the amount is "super high volume" and would make it the highest output and most advanced rocket engine factory in the world, Musk said.

SpaceX already has a significant Texas presence, including in McGregor, where it has a testing facility used for research and development of new rocket engines and thrusters and for testing of final engines and components.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/07/10/elon-musk-says-spacex-still-growing-texas-plans-rocket-engine-factory-near-waco/7927169002/

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Elon Musk says SpaceX still growing in Texas, plans rocket engine factory near Waco (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
Should have built it in West, Texas (20m north of Waco) Grokenstein Jul 2021 #1

Grokenstein

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1. Should have built it in West, Texas (20m north of Waco)
Sun Jul 11, 2021, 04:00 AM
Jul 2021

in the crater left behind by that exploding silo. BLAST OFF!!

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