The new Ariane 6 rocket's launch pad water deluge system was recently tested at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. -- Meet Ariane 6 and Vega C: Europe's New 'Rideshare' Rockets: www.space.com/... Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace
@@stefanosks6127 oh the launch tower, the surrounding buildings, and I believe the rocket itself too (I believe the rocket and it’s crew/payload is the biggest concern)
I think that large cylindrical concrete tower at the edge of the frame is their water storage. It would not surprise me if they're using gravity of the water column to assist.
@@MarsFKA OK, but I think there are pumps as well. The water starts out at a much lower volume/pressure and then gets more powerful, taking several seconds to reach full power. Gravity fed water doesn't do that, it starts at full power - in fact it's initial velocity is higher and it then settles back to a lower pressure, as the initial pent up force is released.
@@paulhaynes8045 You just explained how the water flow works under gravity. Why go to the extra expense of installing huge pumps when gravity works just as well? How big do you think the pumps might have to be to provide such a volume of water, and where are they?
@@19cowboysfan94 My point was that there isn't much need for recycling when there is so much water available anyway. There might be a need from the point of view of cleaning the water, desalinating it, etc - that might make it less expensive to recycle it than just to pipe in more. But otherwise the logic of recycling water only really applies in a place where there isn't enough of it. For instance, it would make sense in California, where extracting the water from rivers has caused huge environmental damage, but not in French Guyana, where more than enough water simply falls from the sky!
@Noah Gamamates Nothing happens in a space-ship... It's all fake... Space is Fake. Rockets don't go to space. Nobody is ever in a rocket and going to space...
@@Verbal_Sin The purpose of this is not to cool down the launch pad It's to dampen the noise and vibrations the rocket produces at liftoff so that all the noise and vibrations won't damage the rocket