The rise of the commercial space industry in the past decade has been nothing short of amazing to watch. Not only have we witnessed some brilliant innovations brought to reality, such as reusable ...

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Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket has many more engines. It's powered by a grand ... we will finally have a Raptor 3/4 vacuum version (giant nozzle) that has an Isp [specific impulse] of 380." ...

However, it is possible a Raptor engine set could become the baseline for a huge future rocket to be used by SpaceX for missions to Mars, along with a potential role with a Mars ascent stage.