SpaceX is changing the approach for separating the two stages of its Starship vehicle to increase payload performance before its next test flight.
  • numberedcompany
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand how they expect to get 10% more payload just with hot staging. Mind you I don’t understand rocketry, so that tracks.

    Guesses; no pause in acceleration? No fuel spent on stage sep maneuver? Less fuel spent on boost back?