SpaceX - First private liquid rocket into orbit!
Or click to go to YouTube and click the high quality link to see in better quality.
Pretty cool stuff, massive amounts of delta V required to do this, done by a team of 550 people with no reused parts from other programs (no old motors from ICBMs or something), totally from scratch.
Very cool, hopefully they continue to go forward. Private inexpensive lift capability is one way to ensure we get off this rock.
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