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Structures

Bridges, buildings, dams and foundations. What holds load, what moves, and what the ground allows.

S-IC static test stand under construction, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1963. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Source

The Rocket Is Trying to Lift the Launch Pad Where 18 million pounds of thrust actually goes The Rocket Is Trying to Lift the Launch Pad

Super Heavy during a static fire at Starbase, held to the mount while its engines run FeatureStructures · 9 min read The Rocket Is Trying to Lift the Launch Pad A static fire seen from underneath. Thirty-three Raptors push Super Heavy upward, twenty hold-down arms refuse, and the load travels through the launch mount into the foundations, the same way a bridge carries a truck.Modern Engineer · 9 min read Tap to preview Read