NASA Successfully Test Fires J-2X Engine. 119
tetrahedrassface writes "NASA successfully test fired the J-2X engine Wednesday for 500 seconds at Stennis Space Center. The J2-X is derived from the J2 engine from the Apollo Era, and will power the upper stage of the SLS. From the article: 'We have 500 seconds of good data, and the first look is that everything went great. The J-2X engine team and the SLS program as a whole are extremely happy that we accomplished a good, safe and successful test today,' said Mike Kynard, Space Launch System Engines Element Manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. 'This engine test firing gives us critical data to move forward in the engine's development.'"
Re:It makes you wonder... (Score:4, Funny)
what could have been achieved and what would have already been achieved by now?
We'd have an extra small sun in our sky, as of last year. Actually, I saw it pretty clearly next to the moon tonight.