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Why didn’t spacex just make their boosters resistant to sea water and make them decelerate just before they fall into the ocean? Drone ship landing is cool but it seems unnecessarily complicated to develop.

>> No.11297617

Ain't no liquid sea on Mars, and that's the aim of the whole game for ol Musky. Why didn't you make a new /sfg/?

>> No.11297633

>>11297610
>Why didn’t spacex just make their boosters resistant to sea water and make them decelerate just before they fall into the ocean?
It's difficult to do with a Falcon 9 rocket as the materials resistant to sea water have abysmal strength-to-mass ratios for rockets of that size. It really only works for rockets that are Sea Dragon sized. On top of that, the Falcon 9 was developed from the Falcon 1 which was never intended for sea splashdowns. SpaceX had to develop Falcon 9 reusability around what was available to them at the time.

>> No.11297663

>>11297617
>>11297633
Thanks bros

>> No.11297737

There's very little overlap between materials suitable for rocket engines and materials that handle salt water well. The tanks are comparatively easy to make waterproof.

>> No.11297743

>>11297610
Who is Maxresdefault and why does he have so many images

>> No.11297758

>>11297743
Maximilian Resdefault is the owner of the internet image conglomeration of "Bit Pictures". Imgfy, Pinterest, rule34, danboru, and more all belong to him. It's a well kept secret to avoid monopoly laws. Google has to pay him royalties to use the deep learning image search code which they copied from him wholesale. He invented .png. It is rumored that he is the 3rd cousin twice removed from the Bogdanoff brothers who graciously help him manage his internet image empire. He owns the copy right to the very concept of "memes" but is waiting for the right time to enact his ownership. If anyone can be labeled as "owner of the internet", then he would be the closest one for the title.

You should both love and fear this man.

>> No.11297766

>>11297758
the West's answer to the famed Chinese explorer Ped Xing, who left his mark all across this great nation of ours

>> No.11297776

>>11297737
I see. So they had to find materials that are resistant to both heat and sea water but apparently they couldn’t find anything suitable

>> No.11297777

>>11297758

He is truly Machiavelli's prince.

>> No.11298575

>>11297776
Salt + Metal + Heat = rapid oxidation
They would need all parts of the motor that get hot to be perfectly clean, like the type of clean you get in a clean room and when the engine bell, combustion chamber and turbo-pumps get filled with salt water it's probably going to be cheaper to just build a new engine.

>> No.11298600

>>11297758
I applaud you sir, for embarking on this noble meme creation quest. Thou shalt receive many internets from it.

>> No.11298602

>>11297777
Holy quads!

>> No.11298719

>>11297610
Salt water is murder on technical equipment. Anyone without experience on commercial boats might not appreciate it but absolutely everything that can oxidizes. Certain materials catch fire. Others generate dangerous levels of static.
>>11297633
SeaDragon would maybe have had recoverable avionics and engines. Maybe.

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