Who needs Christmas tree when you could put one of THESE in your living room! Go, SpaceX, GO!
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Please do not put one in your living room.
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I second that - please don’t put one in your living room.
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Do it.
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It wasn’t meant meanly, it was a throwback to
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That’s crazy what kind of rocket needs 400 engines!
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Tesla's made 250,000 engines. Guess how fast it goes from 0-60.
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Electric cars have motors, internal combustion cars have engines (and belong in museums)
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Dammit. I knew that but was temporarily dumb.
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In geman everything is a motor. Verbrennungsmotor Dieselmotor Benzinmotor Elektromotor But: jetengine = Flugzeugturbine / Düsentriebwerk
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Same here in Norway, except even jets are motors. Steam engines are "machines" though.
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One thing that I didn't know until this picture is that the turbo fuel pump has it's own exhaust. I think I saw somewhere that the Russian engines the ULA uses add extra oxygen in the mix and exhaust directly to the combustion chamber. I think better efficiency.

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Good eye. You’re right. It’s called a Full Flow Staged Combustion Cycle. It creates far more efficiency and much higher pressure but much more complex. The new Raptor engines have this as well. Giant leap forward. Good overview by
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Wow Josh! Thanks man, this dude knows what he's talking about. So interesting!
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When my 6 yr old nephew draws rockets, he always draws it with a landing pad because of you guys. Rockets that land is the only kind he knows
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