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To: Pontiac
"None are planned" ... Not true.

The new SLS (Space Launch System) booster will be slightly larger than Sat V. It's beyond planning and into component testing now.

There's a cool article on the net about the efforts to reverse engineer the F-1 first stage engine to build a new F-1 for the SLS strap-on boosters. The Sat V engines were built by welders and other skilled craftsmen; even the holes in the mixing plate in the combustion chamber were drilled by a guy at a drill press -- they could see his drill placement mistakes.

14 posted on 05/07/2015 5:20:40 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Pontiac

Oops — that’s the article I was thinking of.


16 posted on 05/07/2015 5:23:13 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Campion; Pontiac

The SLS relies on extended versions of the SRBs from the STS. That was F U N. Anyway, 3.5 million pounds of thrust is less than half a Saturn V, but engine for engine is bigger than an F1. The liquid fueled engines being built for the SLS won’t get the contraption off the ground — they’d be better off dumping the big useless liquid fueled mains and using all SRBs, with cryo-fueled upper stages for the trip out of Earth orbit.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3266795/posts


20 posted on 05/07/2015 1:06:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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