The Mother Of All ‘Shock Diamonds’ Behind Starship
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/starships-33-engines-created-the-mother-of-all-shock-diamonds
The War Zone has an interesting report on the shock diamonds produced by the engines of the Starship rocket during the recent launch attempt.
"When you typically see a shock diamond or a mach diamond, it can be from like a jet engine test, or a single rocket nozzle test. [When you] look at those up close... you see the same shock diamond effect on the smaller scale."
"But what was interesting, specifically about this case [the second Starship launch], is you had 33 engines firing together, which you would kind of intuitively think would make for a pretty messy environment. I think close up [this] is probably true, there's some complicated dynamics happening there."
Additionally, the article features a passel of pictures of the launch.
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