Ask HN: What was all the white smoke surrounding the starship before launch?

4 pointsby my12parsecsover 1 year ago

There was stuff coming out of the rocket itself and I get that, but there were tons more coming out of the surrounding facilities. Wonder what it is.

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anenefanover 1 year ago

This time around they used water, a lot of water which is typical of other launches by the rest of the world to attenuate rocket engine noise. It also does wonders for the launch pad.<p>So the extra stuff is water particles and steam ...

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idontwantthisover 1 year ago

Water condensing out of the air because of the cryo fuel.

archoover 1 year ago

All engineers know when you let the special white smoke out, that the unit will fail. /s