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		jandrese on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The SpaceX Starship is a big deal Presumably to let it hold off on lighting the engines until it is below the surface of the Earth, to avoid radiating the sound outward.

tbabb on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

Setting aside the economic infeasibility of a 2000 foot hole, the rocket's gonna have to fly out of it at some point.

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