JoeSchmuckatelli Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just saw this recently - and it's beautiful: . Wondering if the purples and greens and other surprisingly interesting 'structures' of this or other reentry images are informing the Art Department's work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDCWolf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Great post. This also shows something they did straight up wrong. Overexpanded plumes in vacuum look nothing like what they show in this video, with that convex-ish pyramid shape: Adding a bit of insult to injury, they actually showcased the correct shape in a much previous video: Correcting exhaust behavior is a first step towards a jellyfish. As for reentry plasma, that's a whole different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderKid2 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Isn't it bulb-shaped in the videos of the spacex launches because they're not truly in vacuum, just in the upper atmosphere, so there's some gas interactions that slow the sideways velocity of the plume? In deep space I would think you would get that conical or even horn-shaped plume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) This is awesome as well - found by @GuessingEveryDay and now I can steal his glory! The sheer variety of colors is unexpected Edited December 2, 2021 by JoeSchmuckatelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 If anyone wants, they can download it from here: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1466135163222609927/pu/vid/720x720/PEFpc_MriGmOtl1c.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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