Posted on 10/29/2014 3:09:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
I’d focus on the spark.....
Like those early V-2 launch attempts where the rocket gets a few inches off the pad, then topples over & with a big splash of fuel it all goes KABOOM!!!
It doesn’t take rocket science to know that using obsolete Soviet rocket engines probably isn’t a good idea.
108% is part of the planned liftoff. It’s a throttle setting, not a thrust measurement.
Refurbished 70s era Soviet rocket motors.
Wow had no idea.
Did Gorby have a surplus sale after the USSR imploded?
I wonder if it might have something to do with the delayed launch. The oxygen is “supercooled” and plays a role in cooling the engine. To me it raises the question of whether the refueling created some kind of condition different than the routine launch sequence.
Apparently so. Using them seems like a pretty smart idea to me — so long as they get a decent rebuild (and no people are launched using them)
The new and improved Obama space program...1970’s army surplus engines from Russia. He is keeping his promise of transforming America.
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