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In a static fire the rocket is "tied down" to the ground. Do you know how the stress profile presented by this differs from a real launch?
by foota 10y ago
In a static fire the rocket is "tied down" to the ground. Do you know how the stress profile presented by this differs from a real launch?
- manicdee 10y agoVastly different, but the most likely point of failure is the moving parts, as tested in the static fire. Other parts that failed had been successfully used in flight so a "dummy launch" would have provided no certainty other than "everything worked this time."
- greglindahl 10y agoThe point of the static fire is to see if the engines work, and make sure that the rocket fueling sequence works. It does not stress the rocket with any aerodynamic forces.