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Comment by xattt

2 days ago

How do gas pressures in the COPV in the Roadster compare to pressures in lost rockets?

I'm not able to find solid numbers on that, but given the shared heritage (I presume those gas thrusters come straight from SpaceX) and premium in a space vehicle for payload space, and the fact that SpaceX lost four vehicles to the things, I suspect similarly quite high.

  • My assumption was that pressures would be lower to help with the longevity of the air chamber, versus a more “disposable” nature of rocket equipment. I am assuming they are replaced between launches.