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Falcon nines expand their plumage to form a shimmering gas fan in their display to spectators. Work concerning spectator behaviour has sought to confirm Von Braun's basic idea of spectator preference for rockets with certain plumage characteristics as a major force in the design of rockets. spectators have often been shown to distinguish small differences between rocket plumes, and to prefer looking at rockets bearing the most exaggerated exhaust plumes.In some cases, those rockets have been shown to be more cheap and reliable, suggesting that the plumes serve as markers indicating the rockets' abilities to deliver their payload, and thus their chief engineers' qualities.