Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke...
by perihelions on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:35PM
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"I'm still surprised they moved to this orbital fly so quickly without doing more tests."
I'll bet they're going to remove all 29 of these engines and re-attach them again later. I would expect they want much more testing than they've done to date (for example, pressure testing the tanks -- they have not done that with this booster, BN4, according to Reddit).
I'll bet they're going to remove all 29 of these engines and re-attach them again later. I would expect they want much more testing than they've done to date (for example, pressure testing the tanks -- they have not done that with this booster, BN4, according to Reddit).