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I'm curious about this too. The Falcon burns RP-1, essentially a very refined kerosene, with liquid oxygen. Exhaust should be water, carbon dioxide, and a bit o
by wlesieutre 9y ago
I'm curious about this too. The Falcon burns RP-1, essentially a very refined kerosene, with liquid oxygen. Exhaust should be water, carbon dioxide, and a bit of carbon monoxide.
Not typically the most reactive things, but perhaps there are different interactions with plasma?
- lainga 9y agoThis other paper [0] seems to indicate that TEC (total electron count) fluctuations are caused by shock waves, not rapid chemical reactions, and can arise from ground explosions as well. IANA ionosphere scientist, so I don't know if the parent paper made a mistake. [0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0007043.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0007043.pdf
- marcosdumay 9y agoAnything is reactive when interacting with plasma. There should be little of those gases naturally up there (mostly so for water), and even throwing a large mass of gases up there may be enough to disturb everything.