I continue to be baffled- Why not a flame trench or two?
The amount of energy- thermal, radiative, acoustical and inertial- that is
forced to bounce back and forth between the 33 motor array must be
staggering.
Even the latest refractory concrete, it seems, cannot survive. How can the
motors?
I think that is a lot of undue stress applied to those raptor IIs that are
already trying as hard as they can to melt and rip themselves apart.
I guess there must be a reason, but I can't figure it out.
It's also hard to imagine that NASA at Kennedy in florida is going to
tolerate all the flying junk that seems to result from such powerful
launches, even if the ships them selves are super-reliable.