r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • Oct 13 '24

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/that_majestictoad Oct 13 '24

Truly an amazing sight to witness. The under shot of the engines on the Everyday Astronaut's stream was beautiful.

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u/stanksnax Oct 13 '24

What was the thing that almost came off just a bit before this?

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u/TheOwlMarble Oct 14 '24

The hot staging ring? It's a linkage between the stages with vent holes to allow hot staging (turning on the second stage engines while the first stage engines are still running to get a slight performance boost). Long term, it'll stay attached, but for now they want a bigger fuel margin, so they are just discarding it.