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Maybe weight? Filling something that big with water would be very heavy; maybe it's not strong enough in all the right places to support that much mass.
by elihu 7y ago
Maybe weight? Filling something that big with water would be very heavy; maybe it's not strong enough in all the right places to support that much mass.
- JshWright 7y agoWater is lighter than liquid oxygen (which is what this tank would be holding in "production"). For the purposes of this test, they were likely using liquid nitrogen, which has ~80% the mass of water.