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Inside Starship's combustion chamber, liquid methane and oxygen mix so violently they can create engine-killing shockwaves—unless you force them into a mini tornado. 🌪️👇#SpaceX #Starship #ShockWave
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@elonmusk Eventually It will happen ,and it’s going to look wild.Starship’s massive cabin volume makes it the perfect deep-space greenhouse. Automated hydroponics, tailored LED spectrums, and rotational gravity will turn long-haul Mars transits into a self-sustaining ecosystem.
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A flawless V3 liftoff, ruined by an invisible wave of liquid oxygen. Booster 19’s rapid flip sent propellant past the internal baffles, starving the Raptors at boostback. The fluid dynamics behind Flight 12's failure: 👇#Starship #FluidDynamics #Flight12
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Donald Mills@DonaldMills142·
@SpaceNews92 It’s always a balance between control authority, fluids flexibility and structural capability of the vehicle
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Most people think bigger engine gimbal angles mean better control. In reality, pushing Starship's Raptors too far could create forces powerful enough to damage the rocket itself. Here's why SpaceX can't simply steer harder 👇 #Starship #SpaceX #RaptorEngine #RocketScience #Space
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@WillGill867979 Addressing the intense radiation of the Van Allen belts is paramount for the future of crewed spaceflight. To achieve authentic breakthroughs in deep space exploration, space programs must implement bold, strategic steps that challenge traditional aerospace paradigms.
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Will Gill@WillGill867979·
@SpaceNews92 I believe not… Van Allen’s will not let anyone through heavens gate ( FIRMAMENT ) Space agencies need to boldly and strategically implement steps to make an effort or go beyond, thinking 🤔 outside the box 📦 to make it a reality for real space exploration
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The most powerful rocket ever built is intentionally NOT using all of its steering capability. There's a very good engineering reason for that. x.com/i/status/20610…
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Most people think bigger engine gimbal angles mean better control. In reality, pushing Starship's Raptors too far could create forces powerful enough to damage the rocket itself. Here's why SpaceX can't simply steer harder 👇 #Starship #SpaceX #RaptorEngine #RocketScience #Space

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The interesting part isn't maximum gimbal angle—it's control bandwidth. Modern flight computers can command tiny corrections many times per second, allowing precise guidance without the large steering inputs that would increase structural loading.
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Rocketry@SpaceNews92·
Steering authority scales with both thrust and lever arm. As Raptor thrust increases, SpaceX doesn't necessarily need larger gimbal angles to achieve the same vehicle rotation rates. Small deflections can produce enormous moments on a vehicle the size of Starship
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@mildsky1215 Exactly. FH proved that integration overhead is a margin killer. A single-structure optimization pipeline is much easier to turn into a mass-production assembly line. The true Starship lever is full, rapid scale—building rockets like commercial airliners, not custom art pieces.
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Eji@mildsky1215·
Single stick wins on the boring stuff: no cross-feed plumbing, no triple-core separation choreography, one structure to mass-optimize instead of three strapped together. Falcon Heavy's reuse savings get eaten by integration overhead. But the real Starship lever is full upper-stage reuse, does single-stick even matter if the ship doesn't come back intact?
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You’d think Falcon Heavy is cheaper because it reuses existing parts. Nope. Starship's massive "Single Stick" architecture completely destroys the triple-core model in efficiency, payload, and cost. #spacex #falconheavy #starship
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Falcon Heavy uses brute force, sacrificing its center core to push probes deep into space. Starship plans to stay 100% reusable by parking in orbit and filling up at "space gas stations" before heading to Mars.
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When you strap three independent rocket bodies together, the airflow between them compresses. This creates massive acoustic vibration and unpredictable sonic shockwaves that literally try to rip the center core apart at Max-Q (maximum aerodynamic pressure).
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Rocketry@SpaceNews92·
@elonmusk Crazy how Starlink accidentally became the world’s biggest orbital solar farm — 100 MW now, heading to GW scale. Real distributed space solar, paid by customers, upgraded every few years. This is how it actually happens.
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@elonmusk Exactly. First 3 Falcon 1 flights were full RUDs — busted nut, stage sep issues, more explosions. Nearly killed the company. 4th flight reached orbit & changed everything. Failures aren’t the opposite of progress in rocketry — they are the progress. Keep going!
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Rocketry@SpaceNews92·
o catch a rocket with Mechazilla’s chopsticks, precision must be perfect down to the centimeter. The massive new grid fins provide the extreme aerodynamic leverage needed to fight violent crosswinds and stick the landing
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As the booster plunges down at Mach 5, a massive supersonic shockwave forms around it. Smaller fins get buried inside this chaotic boundary layer. Bigger fins extend past the chaos, biting directly into clean air to steer
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At the edge of space, the air is incredibly thin. Small fins simply can’t grab enough air molecules to generate the massive aerodynamic force needed to flip and pivot a 200-ton steel skyscraper back toward the launch site
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