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jvanderbotyesterday at 10:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

Well, it's powered by bleeding exhaust from a very big rocket.


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TomatoCoyesterday at 10:42 PM

One of my favorite clips to give a sense of scale for rockets is this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70u748VALt4

I show someone and then I tell them, that's not the rocket exhaust. That's the exhaust for the engine that runs the fuel pump for the rocket.

jasonwatkinspdxyesterday at 10:47 PM

Nope, Raptor is full flow staged combustion, so both the fuel and oxidizer have dedicated preburners and turbopumps each.

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