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"Upper stage restart nominal, apogee raised to 7000 km. Will spend 5 hours getting zapped in Van Allen belts & then attempt final burn for Mars." -- (link)

Posted by TWuG - Fly, Falcon, Fly! (aka TWuG) Feb 6 '18, 13:29

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712 (twitter.com)

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So what is it heading to mars for? Just sightseeing? -- nm - just oblique Feb 6, 13:31 3
- Epic road trip. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 13:33
- The Falcon Heavy or it's successor the BFR will be delivering payload and passengers to Mars soon. This is demonstrating - TWuG - Fly, Falcon, Fly! Feb 6, 13:33
- proving they can do it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 13:32

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