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What is the dark brown gas emission seen during the ascent of Starship?

During the video (see below) of Starship IFT-4 there is a lot of brown smoke or gas in the Superheavy exhaust from near the start for almost 30 seconds. Is this NO2? If so roughly how much is produced?...
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Silane as a rocket fuel

At about 6:55 into the video Why Moon Mining Will DEFINITELY Be A Thing it is stated that lunar silica (SiO2) could be turned into silane (SiH4), which is the silicon analogue of methane. It also ...
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