1 posted on
04/06/2006 12:23:20 AM PDT by
vertolet
To: KevinDavis
2 posted on
04/06/2006 12:41:49 AM PDT by
raygun
To: vertolet
Fascinating post. I remember getting up early to watch the Apollo Program launches on television- and wondering what the Soviets were up to at the same point in time.
3 posted on
04/06/2006 12:59:52 AM PDT by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: vertolet
www.astronautix.com has a more technical and detailed article starting at
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/thepart1.htm
The Soviets developed very advanced LOX/Kerosene rocket motors for the N1. The NK-33 and NK-43 are highly efficient engines, with amazing thrust-to-weight ratios.
The Russian RD-180 motor is used in the current Atlas CCB, and uses much of the same technology.
7 posted on
04/06/2006 3:38:56 AM PDT by
Mr170IQ
To: vertolet
I knew about the booster N1 and the failures and secrecy, but I had never seen a picture of their lunar lander. Just like the Soviets Shuttle, it is quite a coincidence it looks like ours, or is it?
8 posted on
04/06/2006 3:48:16 AM PDT by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: vertolet
9 posted on
04/06/2006 4:11:02 AM PDT by
75thOVI
("Do not dare not to dare." Aslan)
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