They did, and decided not to use them.
New F-1B rocket engine upgrades Apollo-era design with 1.8M lbs of thrust (2013)
at this point why not just rebuild the Saturn V engines??
“at this point why not just rebuild the Saturn V engines??”
They have plans, but most of the expertise is gone.
SLS is a bureaucrat/contractors dream, over promised, under delivered, behind schedule, way over budget.
Let’s throw more money at it , that will do the trick.
I’d rather spend the money on a carrier version of the A-10 for the Marines and Navy.
With the democrats in charge, we’re gonna need ‘em.
No one knows how to use a slide rule anymore!
They did, and decided not to use them.
New F-1B rocket engine upgrades Apollo-era design with 1.8M lbs of thrust (2013)
“at this point why not just rebuild the Saturn V engines??”
Materials and processes used back then either no longer exist or have been outright banned by the Left. We’re never going back to those days and I’ll be surprised if NASA even has a manned space program 2 years from now...given that those in charge see it as nothing more than a piggy bank, to fund some of their ‘great ideas’.
Lots of NASA workers voted against Trump, who was great on the Space Program...so I can’t say that I mind seeing those workers ending up on the street. If they don’t want to vote on issues, but instead on Third World priorities, they’ll get a Third World society...and they’ll learn that their ‘skills’ are not needed in that society.
Why nasa is reusing the shuttle main engines
at this point why not just rebuild the Saturn V engines??
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The tech is long gone to rebuild them. But canceling their lunar venture has long been predicable - only DJT keep them on course. Now it will be back to climate change and muslim ICBMs in Iran outreach programs.
Because none of the parts exist anymore. And retooling an entire manufacturing chain to backwards in technology like that would cost a mint, and you’d lose lots of advantages.
Rockets aren’t easy, any new one is going to go through growing pains. That’s why we don’t put people on them for a while.
The know how no longer exists.🤔