@0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down157
arrow-up1611arrow-down1external-linkMassive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flamesinterestingengineering.com@0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square228fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months 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.