That was very cool.
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I'm OOTL, what's the context? Testing of some new engine?
The stuff spraying up to the left, is that part of the engine or some sort of suppression system so they don't light the building on fire?
Close guess - rocket engines are so loud that launch pads and test stands almost always need a water deluge system to stop them from self-destructing. If you have enough water in the way, the energy from the sound waves gets dissipated to a more reasonable (but still probably fatal) level.
Ah, so do they do this for the launches too? I can't remember seeing water sprayed at the rocket but maybe I didn't know what to look for.
Underneath the rocket for a launch, so probably less noticeable than all the fire and smoke.
Yeah I went back and watched a RocketLab launch and the Artemis II launch and neither have a very good view of under the rocket so I'm guessing it's just not easy to see.