@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1688cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoSooty exhaust from RP-1 and aluminum oxide particulates from discarded upper stages will not be a problem with Starship. Starship uses methalox, and the upper stage is designed to be reusable.
Sooty exhaust from RP-1 and aluminum oxide particulates from discarded upper stages will not be a problem with Starship.
Starship uses methalox, and the upper stage is designed to be reusable.
And the lower stages?
Also reusable, like Falcon 9.