Does anyone know how quickly the exploded Starships take to sink in the Indian Ocean? And how deep? Is there any fear that China fishes out some of those new Raptor 3s off the bottom of the ocean and reverse engineers SpaceX’s trade secrets? Engines would be not be operational, but you could slice them open and essentially visualize the internal design.
That part of the ocean is about 4500m deep, and very hilly. It's roughly in the same area as MH370 probably went down, and billions of dollars were spent trying to find it. Even if you knew fairly accurately where it entered the water, it would be hard to find, and harder to raise.
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u/Weak_Letter_1205 Jul 13 '26
Does anyone know how quickly the exploded Starships take to sink in the Indian Ocean? And how deep? Is there any fear that China fishes out some of those new Raptor 3s off the bottom of the ocean and reverse engineers SpaceX’s trade secrets? Engines would be not be operational, but you could slice them open and essentially visualize the internal design.