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Theyve even used all of these parts, the solid rocket booster, almost all of them came from the space shuttle. in fact, two parts down here actually flew on my dads space shuttle flight back in the early 1980s. i mean, thats how old these parts are. with that said, a lot of them are also battle tested. these rs-25 engines have been, you know, tested time and time again on this space shuttle. the engines down here that are on the artemis rocket behind me have flown a combined more than 20 shuttle...

Way back in 2011. so this is a long time coming and what were going to see today, hopefully, is the final test for this rocket before its actually launched into space. they call it the wet dress rehearsal and the reason its called wet is because theyre actually going to be filling this rocket is liquid propellant, its highly flammable, they found leaks and other problems during the last three attempts. so this is a fourth attempt and essentially what theyre going to do is simulate everything but...

Launch pad, spy satellites were able to spy at those missiles and we really had the opportunity to shoot them down and ensure they didnt get off the pad in some cases, now what theyre doing, what the north is doing, theyre trying to put them on the back of trucks, make them mobil so they can drive them around. not just on road but on track vehicles so they can go offroad. theyre perfecting that solid fuel capability. they dont need to take the time to fuel that liquid propellant. they want to la...