SpaceX Falcon 9 Engine Assembly

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   jurvetson

   Sep 13, 2012 at 9:29 pm

   We went to the top of the structure on the right
   The water gravity-feeds from the water tower on the left. It’s the tallest water tower in Texas, and we already know that everything’s bigger in Texas.

   The diagonal elevator runs up the concrete pillar in the rear:
   View from the top
   Walking among the Merlin engines
   We have to move Kimbal before the motors can gimbal… =)

   And here’s a video from earlier in the day of what it looks like when just one of these engines lights up.

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