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Boeing to start work on most powerful rocket ... EVER!
• theregister.co.ukNASA and Boeing have inked a key contract that should see agency's Space Launch System take to the skies in 2017.
Under the $US2.8 billion contract, the aerospace giant will be building the core stage of the space giant: the Space Launch System will stand 212 feet (more than 64 metres) tall, and will be powered by a combination of four RS-25 Space Shuttle engines and enlarged solid-fuel boosters adapted from the Space Shuttle launch system.