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Credit: Matt Hartman
The day before Firefly Aerospace launched its first Alpha rocket, Founder and CEO Tom Markusic was most concerned about the hold-down clamps at the base of the booster that must release within milliseconds to allow the vehicle to lift off. “I can accept if we ultimately find another problem that we...
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