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There are other methods too, e.g. fire inhibitors (like Halon or whatever is allowed now) or shockwave to disrupt fire boundary. But I doubt they are very practical on a spaceship.

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m4rtink 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

First stage (Super Heavy) is flushing the engine bay with massive ammounts of CO2.

	▲	littlestymaar 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Unless I'm misunderstanding you, it's not the same thing at all: in the case you're talking about you're shielding against nominal heat, which is not the same thing as contingency planning to extinguish a fire that shouldn't be there in the first place.

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littlestymaar 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not an expert but I'm not too sure about shockwave in a confined space.

How does Halon works?