[HN Gopher] Why does Jeff Bezos's rocket look like that? An inquiry
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       Why does Jeff Bezos's rocket look like that? An inquiry
        
       Author : Engineering-MD
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-07-26 21:17 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | cratermoon wrote:
       | It's shape is really not all that different from the Soyuz
       | descent and reentry capsule [1]. The distinctive appearance comes
       | from it having a slightly larger diameter than the suborbital
       | booster and the lack of a fairing and LES. On Soyuz, the latter
       | hides the shape of the spacecraft itself [2]
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       | 1 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/element...
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       | 2 http://www.astronautix.com/s/soyuz7kt-ok.html
        
       | JohnFen wrote:
       | I honestly thought that the phallic appearance was an intentional
       | stylistic choice and not really driven by engineering concerns as
       | such.
       | 
       | I still sorta do.
        
         | Engineering-MD wrote:
         | Yes, it seems like that. But you can use a different reason to
         | justify things after the fact!
        
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