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   David Spain to David Spain   
   Re: SN11 - One hop wonder   
   09 Apr 21 13:25:20   
   
   From: nospam@127.0.0.1   
      
   On 2021-03-30 10:06 AM, David Spain wrote:   
   > Also I remain somewhat concerned about the plumbing of a methalox   
   > rocket. The SpaceX video upon ascent shows what appear to be some   
   > evidence of small methane leaks around the firing Raptors. New fuel, new   
   > headaches. I'm not convinced they have all the kinks dealing with   
   > methane propellant worked out yet. Which is to be expected given the   
   > novel fuel.   
      
   I had also speculated elsewhere about the possibility of a hard start   
   during one of the engine relights:   
      
   Per an Elon tweet:   
      
   > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1379022709737275393   
      
   Dave   
      
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