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It survived Max Q on the first launch with older (and different iterations) versions of the engine, what else is needed to make the demo of a first try a success?



Because of the engine failures, thrust wasn't as high as it would be in a nominal flight, so max aerodynamic pressure was lower. It didn't hit the max Q it would experience in a regular launch.


This was still raptor 1?


Not sure, the board member in all in podcast was saying that there were 1000 small changes over time, so it's not just simply raptor 1 and 2.




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