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m4rtink01/17/20251 replyview on HN

First stage (Super Heavy) is flushing the engine bay with massive ammounts of CO2.


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littlestymaar01/17/2025

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, it's not the same thing at all: in the case you're talking about you're shielding against nominal heat, which is not the same thing as contingency planning to extinguish a fire that shouldn't be there in the first place.