• @incompetentboob
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    284 months ago

    Wow that’s impressive.

    Is it because the first two were prototypes so they bolted on whatever they needed without care for it looking nice or did they just refine it so much that they were able to simplify the design significantly?

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      4 months ago

      That and the march of progress, despite what some people believe we are still evolving at a rapid pace and engine outputs have significantly increased recently.

      • DasFaultier
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        64 months ago

        “Progress the like of which the world has never seen the like of which.” (scnr)

    • @[email protected]
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      The first two prototypes looked like what traditional rocket engine looks like.

      For example:

      The RS-25 engine that equipped the space shuttle and now the SLS launcher

      https://www.spaceupclose.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/0050_2_SLS_KenKremer.jpg

      The Vulcain 2.1 that is on the Ariane 6

      https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2017/10/vulcain_2.1/17217857-1-eng-GB/Vulcain_2.1_pillars.jpg

      SpaceX put a lot of work on refining the engine, they also already produced more than 600 engines ! It’s a crazy amount !

    • atocci
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      144 months ago

      It’s more of a refinement thing, where anything not absolutely necessary is removed, or 3D printed straight into the structure of the thing instead of added to the side.

    • @Num10ck
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      114 months ago

      its about the size of an american car

        • @Num10ck
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          104 months ago

          in comparison the space shuttle engines were 14ft long and 7.5 feet in diameter. too large for your mom, but just barely.

        • @Num10ck
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          24 months ago

          10 ft long. 4.3ft diameter.

    • masterofn001
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      64 months ago

      About 2 humans laying end to end in an Olympic size swimming pool in a football field.

  • @[email protected]
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    164 months ago

    At this rate the Raptor 13 will be a platonic cone, and the 300 will be singular point in manifold space

  • @[email protected]
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    134 months ago

    That is pretty impressive. Going from a clusterfuck of tubes and pipes to a very clean looking engine

  • @[email protected]
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    24 months ago

    FWIW the Raptor 3 here does not include the turbopump mechanism. It would look pretty much the same as the raptor 2 (which does have the pump attached).

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      No, that’s wrong. This is, in fact, the entire engine. It’s not missing anything. It was test fired in this configuration. It honestly looks surreal.