HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (CNN) -- The best time in the life of a rocket scientist is the time spent standing by a launch pad or a test stand, watching a brand-new rocket go through performance tests.

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Oxygen could be derived from ilmanite reserves there and water could be extracted to make rocket fuel or sustain life on a base.

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Basing Soyuz in French Guiana should give the rocket a new lease of life.

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Analysts will be looking for signs of growth in its nascent Groupon Goods segment, as well as signs of life in its core daily deals business, which has slowed from its rocket-like growth.

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For Danny Davis, building rockets, "to make rocket dreams a reality" as he puts it, has been his life for more than a decade.

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