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		munificent on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team Sp... "put a rocket up" is a completely weird phrase and the author clearly tried really hard to jam some rocket pun into the title but it just doesn't work.

Doctor_Fegg on July 19, 2024 | [–]

It’s a British website using British idiom. Nothing weird about it at all.

tsegratis on July 19, 2024 | [–]

it's the kerosene on the bonfire equivalent of "step on the gas"

i.e. "seriously get SpaceX moving (hopefully at speed) on the issue of unpaid bills"

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