"April 16, 2016 – A fire ball bursts from the newly developed Lotus engine during a ""hot fire"" test conducted by the Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group in Sudbury, Mass. This was the first successful five-second test, and a monumental step forward for the university rocket team. Two of the Lotus engines will eventually be installed on the Starscraper, a 30-foot 1,200-pound rocket, and launched from the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2017. The Boston University team is in a tight race with the University of Southern California to be the first student designed and constructed rocket to reach space – or about 62 miles above the earth's surface.   ©  Mike Schwarz"
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