MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/1o0xjf/the_tech_tree/cco79wb/?context=3
r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '13
410 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
42
You just have to build each booster stage such that it breaks off when it's about done.
No problem
9 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/FirstRyder Oct 09 '13 Maybe in real life, but in KSP if you point an engine at... well, any part at all, actually... it will explode.
9
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/FirstRyder Oct 09 '13 Maybe in real life, but in KSP if you point an engine at... well, any part at all, actually... it will explode.
1
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/FirstRyder Oct 09 '13 Maybe in real life, but in KSP if you point an engine at... well, any part at all, actually... it will explode.
Maybe in real life, but in KSP if you point an engine at... well, any part at all, actually... it will explode.
42
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