r/BeAmazed • u/No-Lock216 • 3h ago

Technology Well that was cool 😮

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u/RichardGrayson01 2h ago

Pretty pollution! Kind of like how motor oil in water makes a rainbow effect.

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u/Specialist-Front-007 2h ago

What's the pollution going on here?

Genuinely curious

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u/ouyawei 2h ago

Mostly CO2 and soot. Falcon 9 is burning kerosine

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u/SilvermistInc 1h ago

You sure? I thought they were methane based

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u/hardrocker112 1h ago

Starship is methane-based. Falcon 9 uses RP-1 (rocket propellant 1), a derivative of kerosine.