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We all know that the rocket engines produce a small amount of light on the ground, but not on the ship itself. There's quite a bit of engine lighting on launch vehicles from the engines IRL, especially at night. It might even make night launches worth it. In conjunction with clouds, it could change the color of the clouds.

Also, some engine FX have colors that aren't quite right. I'd suggest you take a page from HotRockets and make the Mainsail, LV-T45, LV-T30 all have orange/yellow colored exhaust. Additionally, I think that the KR-1 x2 LFB's engine effects should be orange/yellow while the KS-25x4 Cluster's engines should produce a soft, clear, blue flame.

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I'm pretty sure the color of rocket exhaust depends on what they're burning. I always presumed (and liked the idea of) that the LV-T30/T45/909 and the Poodle/Skipper/Mainsail burned a liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen mix which produces that purple-bluish exhaust kind of similar to the SSMEs.

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