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		slow_typist 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Super Heavy splashes down in the gulf, canc... Same pressure in the tank as in the nozzle? That doesn’t sound right. It would burst.

ben_w 10 days ago [–]

Same force, not same pressure. The nozzles are relatively small.

I wouldn't want to try to intuit what the force distribution would be and how much is carried through each component of the structure, though — that's what simulations are for.

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