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		Animats on Feb 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches It's so Kerbal Space Program. First Space-X built the Falcon 1, with one Merlin engine. Then the Falcon 9, with 9 Merlin engines in a circle with one in the center. Then the Falcon Heavy, with three Falcon 9 boosters side by side. Next maybe a bigger Falcon Heavy, with five Falcon 9 boosters in an X pattern.

TeMPOraL on Feb 7, 2018 [–]

Yup. Sad they abandoned asparagus staging (AKA. fuel crossfeed), though. That would be Full Kerbal.

le-mark on Feb 7, 2018 | [–]

In the press conference after FH launch, Musk mentioned a "Super" heavy with four side boosters, yowza!

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