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How do rockets detach booster stages at Mach 6 without blowing up?
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• Footage courtesy: NASASpaceflight — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOvf6zCfMk
• Footage courtesy: Alford Technologies (@AlfordTech) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4--tFosoM

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00:00Empty rocket booster tanks tear away at Mach 6 without vaporizing the main ship.
00:05Special explosive bolts shodder instantly inside heavy steel flanges when electric currents trigger them.
00:11Miniature-shaped charges slice structural metal cleanly before aerodynamic forces rip the empty hull apart.
00:18Tiny solid-fuel retro rockets mount it on the booster ignite to shove it backward in milliseconds.
00:24This 5-millisecond choreographed explosion clears the exhaust path before the core engine burns higher.
00:31Rapid linear-shaped charges sever structural load paths while opposing thrusters clear the spent stage.
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