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That's not all that much fuel. There's always some margin in the tanks to make sure that the turbopump won't ingest a bubble, and probably a little more so that
by Tuna-Fish 4y ago
That's not all that much fuel. There's always some margin in the tanks to make sure that the turbopump won't ingest a bubble, and probably a little more so that if the rocket underperforms slightly on ascent they won't lose the mission because they skimped on 50kg of fuel.