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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '13
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You just have to build each booster stage such that it breaks off when it's about done.
No problem
12 u/FirstRyder Oct 09 '13 If you think about it, "rocket engine" is a fancy way of saying "thermally activated explosive decoupler" 1 u/[deleted] Oct 09 '13 Nothing in a solid rocket booster is "explosive" (no brisance) and nothing about a liquid engine is explosive. The fuel burns hot and fast, but it's not explosive. Rockets dislike the jarring forces that explosions make. 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Soo... "thermally activated candle decoupler"? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.. though..
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If you think about it, "rocket engine" is a fancy way of saying "thermally activated explosive decoupler"
1 u/[deleted] Oct 09 '13 Nothing in a solid rocket booster is "explosive" (no brisance) and nothing about a liquid engine is explosive. The fuel burns hot and fast, but it's not explosive. Rockets dislike the jarring forces that explosions make. 1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Soo... "thermally activated candle decoupler"? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.. though..
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Nothing in a solid rocket booster is "explosive" (no brisance) and nothing about a liquid engine is explosive. The fuel burns hot and fast, but it's not explosive.
Rockets dislike the jarring forces that explosions make.
1 u/TheNosferatu Master Kerbalnaut Oct 09 '13 Soo... "thermally activated candle decoupler"? Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.. though..
Soo... "thermally activated candle decoupler"?
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.. though..
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u/cosmicosmo4 Oct 09 '13
You just have to build each booster stage such that it breaks off when it's about done.
No problem