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To: NorthMountain

HA!

I didn't know about the crater. Bad news there. Perhaps we have to consider launch-pads as expendable?

166 posted on 04/20/2023 2:28:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)

Perhaps we have to consider launch-pads as expendable?

Probably. The current system seems a bit inadequate.

170 posted on 04/20/2023 3:51:34 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)

To: Lazamataz; NorthMountain; All

A question:

In previous “big” launches (well, not this big) such as Saturn 5’s, Artemis, etc., and esp. with Artemis 1, we see huge cascades of water used to “damp” (mechanical term, sort of like cushioning / absorbing energy) the blast of the engines @ liftoff. I’d noticed that when SpaceX did their engine test of the Super Heavy booster, I did NOT see those volumes of water used to quash the ignition blast.

I wonder why not?

There is considerable speculation online that chunks of concrete may have flown up and damaged multiple engines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13KtGfpZtDw

(Pretty good early analysis of the launch. See the comments regarding the launch pad damage.)

184 posted on 04/20/2023 8:57:37 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)

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