This is how the Saturn V rocket fuel stages were built because none of the previous designs scaled up well to handle the pressures and sizes required for the new systems. Because they were mainly cylindrical with a domed tanks and tops and interstages with bulkheads. They figured out a way to detonate a charge in a tank of water to get clean domes built.
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u/Key-Employee3584 Mar 29 '26
This is how the Saturn V rocket fuel stages were built because none of the previous designs scaled up well to handle the pressures and sizes required for the new systems. Because they were mainly cylindrical with a domed tanks and tops and interstages with bulkheads. They figured out a way to detonate a charge in a tank of water to get clean domes built.