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Also meaningful to consider that as a vehicle meant to be reusable, it's going to be pretty much impossible to keep the tanks pristine over time unless they add
by dotnet00 3y ago
Also meaningful to consider that as a vehicle meant to be reusable, it's going to be pretty much impossible to keep the tanks pristine over time unless they add a cleaning process that would be expensive and time consuming to every refurbishment (which runs counter to Starship's goal of rapid reusability). Relative to all other rockets, SpaceX's are refueled pretty often.
Better to just design with filters.
- skissane 3y ago> Better to just design with filters. I wonder how frequently the filters need to be clean/changed? After every flight? After X flight hours? And what is involved in changing them? I imagine, initially at least, they'll remove all the engines after every flight, and that will give them easy access to inspect/clean/replace the filters, when necessary. However, I expect the longer term goal is they don't want to have to remove the engines after every flight, just like how a commercial aircraft doesn't have its engines removed after every flight.