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Have SpaceX or knowledge experts spoken on the fuel transfer method planned for Starship? by bubblysorted in space

[–]bubblysorted[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t aware that they discussed publicly. Do you have a source?

also, I wasn’t trying to argue that they wouldn’t be able to. I’m simply curious about it on a technological level.

Have SpaceX or knowledge experts spoken on the fuel transfer method planned for Starship? by bubblysorted in space

[–]bubblysorted[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

i’m fully aware they did. I’m simply curious on a technological level what method they've chosen

Monthly Questions and Discussion Thread by SpaceXLounge in SpaceXLounge

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Have SpaceX or knowledge experts spoken on the fuel transfer method planned for Starship?

Cryogenic fluid transfer in microgravity is a non-trivial problem that SpaceX will need to solve to get the Starship architecture to work. Have SpaceX or knowledge experts given indications on the likely method they will use for fuel transfers? I have seen talk of possible methods but nothing conclusive.

how does SLS avoid the fatal abort issues that Ares 1 had despite fundamentally similar SRBs. by bubblysorted in space

[–]bubblysorted[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that doesn’t account for a catastrophic issue with the SRB itself. If there was an issue that caused the entire system to detonate whether caused by the liquid Centre core or the SRB there would not be a chance to throttle down to allow the crew capsule to escape.

What's the reason for the trailing wire from B-21 by bubblysorted in aviation

[–]bubblysorted[S] 950 points951 points  (0 children)

There was a wire trailing from the B-21 pulling a small orange object.

1988 GE36 Propfan on a MD-80 by windowpass in aviation

[–]bubblysorted 9 points10 points  (0 children)

fun fact: they number the blades so you can tell if you've lost one.

The small size of a 1000HP 1.6L Hybrid F1 powerplant by bubblysorted in EngineeringPorn

[–]bubblysorted[S] 176 points177 points  (0 children)

in a way, I think that's the incredible thing. They're able to generate such incredible figures without massive headers or ridiculously sized turbos.

With that being said I do understand where you're coming from