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10 months agoThere is a new flame deflection system that sprays water from a water cooled metal plate under the pad. There wasn’t any damage from a recent static fire test, but that was only half power compared to liftoff thrust. We’ll see how it fares against a real launch soon.
https://www.youtube.com/live/ENxZS6PUDuI Skip to 7:50 for the static fire.
Depending on your definition of modern, History of the World Part 1 is great.