r/interesting • u/More_Impression_4942 • 3d ago

Trying to burn Oreo cookie MISC.

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u/Ninja_Warrior_X 3d ago edited 1d ago

Dang that last oreo is one tough cookie 😃

Edit: wow after a couple of days this comment got a lot of attention and a lot of likes, probably my most highest rated comment ever on Reddit for as long as I’ve been here.

Thanks everyone 😊

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u/dotancohen 3d ago

Elon should be lining the Starship with those.

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u/RinHW 3d ago

Its ablative cooling, so the cookie does get destroyed in the process. You can see how the flame changes colour when it hits the cookie, that's caused by cookie particles ablating away and absorbing a lot of the heat in doing so.

It is common for rockets to use ablative shields. And i do believe spacex uses this in combination with heat tiles. The last test they did resulted in a rather hot interior, turning the rocket into a brazen bull. So maybe oreos would be an improvement.

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u/alphapussycat 3d ago

Yep, and even simplistic materials like cork can work as a heat shield.